Dress shirt preference- Heavy startch?

[BigNickD]

Light starch, had one too many Sea Island cotton shirts wear out too soon with heavier starch.

I also must agree that French cuffs are a must.

[AllergyDoc]

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.

They got pills for that now.

Medium starch for me. the 100% cotton shirts end up too stiff and some of the blended fabrics too soft.

[ThinkBachs]

Medium starch on the collar, cuffs and button strip, then wrinkle releaser on the body and sleeves.

[jfreeman420]

I don't think I have ever owned a white dress shirt. I wear blue or grey with a suit which I rarely wear and always have them dry cleaned. Most of my shirts are silk Tommy Bahama and Nat Nast short sleeve. These are considered dressy for Florida and always dry cleaned. You guys are way too formal.

[RJR2]

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

Then get yourself to a Brooks Brothers and buy you some non-iron dress shirts. This is coming from a former USMC.

Edited December 14, 2009 by RJR2

[Limestone]

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.

Good one omni..

Like the collar quite stiff, otherwise medium.

/H

[bmedude]

I never starch my shirts when I press them on my own. However, if I ever get them cleaned at a dry cleaner, I'll never complain about having a "stiff" shirt because of heavy starching.