Comment on Is ironing clothes significantly less common now?
itsathursday@lemmy.world 1 day ago
People used to care about appearances and wear their clothes for longer and so a level of maintenance and care was inherent that extended into clothes and their care. Fast fashion, a lack of social stigma on casual clothing, and ever increasing lack of time and increase in multitasking has lead to people ngaf.
lauha@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Not sure if you meant it like that but I don’t think ironing extends the life of your clothes.
paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It does, but not in the sense that it “repairs” them or whatever. There are plenty of natural fibers and styles of clothing that would be a wrinkled mess eventually if they were not ironed. You may be use to synthetic fabrics or blends of synthetic and cotton that don’t wrinkle in the same way. And by synthetic, I mean petroleum based fabrics.
lauha@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I’m used to 100% cotton or merino wool clothing and I’ve never had a problem with wrinkled shirts before I have to wash them anyway.