Dress shirt preference- Heavy startch?

[ubiquitous]

For me- Yes. I like everything crisp and stiff

I realize this is all personal preference, but am curious how you guys like your shirts?

[dluddy]

I used to go Heavy but found my shirts wore out faster.

I go Light now..

[omni]

Well Ubi, you opened that wide open...... My wife likes it crisp & stiff, but alas, at 62, it comes & goes.

As far as shirts, medium.

[Guest HaloArchive]

Light Starch I did heavy once and I felt like I was wearing cardboard o.O

[Guest avitt]

Light starch...

But really prefer not to wear dress shirts at all, these days.

[deltatahoe]

light for me

deltatahoe

[redwatch]

I like it lightly starched. And I also prefer french cuff dress shirts. Nothing compliments a nice dress watch like great looking cuff links! Of course, I have found it very difficult to find a dry cleaner who can fold and press the french cuffs correctly. I always seem to have to re-do it myself.

[OutOfTime]

I use to love to get heavy oxford cloth shirts with heavy starch. The feeling in the morning of having the arms snap when you first bend them is awesome. Now that I am outside more I wear pinpoint shirts, heavy is nice but not the same feeling.

[ubiquitous]

But really prefer not to wear dress shirts at all, these days.

That is my first pref as well. Think I only have a need for a dress shirt and/or suit maybe once a year at that

[docblackrock]

Cultural divide at work here I think - when you guys say "dress shirt" what exactly do you mean?

A dress shirt to me is a formal white shirt (winged collar, studs, fine pleat maybe) you wear with a DJ, sorry tuxedo.

But I get the impression you mean any shirt you wear with a tie - is that right?

Either way, starch? Are you mad?

For collar and cuffs, I use a normal steam iron set to the hottest 'linen' setting. Shouldn't need anything more IMO.

[jeff g]

When I used to wear dress shirts...medium starch. After all you only wore the shirt once before you spent the dough to clean and press it again.

Heavy - too much...light...not enough.

[JohnDorian]

Business casual = slightly wrinkled

[tmg]

No starch for me.

Starch wears shirts out faster since it gets between the fibers and actually spreads them apart.

[Panoris]

No starch, ever. I like my shirts far too much.

[cskent69]

Light starch. Too much and I have to buy new shirts already.

[HauteHippie]

Light starch here... otherwise I feel like I'm moving around like Frankenstein.

[ubiquitous]

Hmmm... I've not had a shirt go dead on me from starch... Yet. Then again, I'm only in a situation where starching a shirt is needed maybe once or twice a year at most.

Jeans and sensible shirts for the rest of the year at the office and at home

[vlydog]

Jeans and sensible shirts for the rest of the year at the office and at home

This sounds like a great office!

[fakemaster]

Stiff like 20 year old boobies.

[prince458]

heavy starch and folded from the cleaners. its easier to pack for business travel. love the crispness and look!

[Cats]

No starch, ligth dress shirt and for more then 20 years the same brand.

Carpe Diem

Cats

[archibald]

For me- Yes. I like everything crisp and stiff

I realize this is all personal preference, but am curious how you guys like your shirts?

Unless you wear a button down, it's heavy only IMO, but you WILL have buy more shirts than if you do light. If you pick up a few the JW Nordstom Egyptian Cotton (less than 100 bucks during the twice a year sales), the best dress shirts money can buy for the price, you wont mind so much.

[HATORI HANZO]

Heavy starch is really bad for your shirts. I go very light myself.

Edited December 4, 2009 by HATORI HANZO

[RJR2]

Brooks Brothers non-iron shirts is the only way to go....

[fakemaster]

The day they make a shirt that doesn't wrinkle I'll buy it.