Shirts -- Starch or No Starch?

[liq2]

Curious to know what you all think around starch in dress or western shirts. i like a light starch in my cotton dress shirts, but was a bit tongue tied when my cleaners asked me about my westerns.

What do you guys think?

[RockTheVote]

on a dress shirt, yes, maybe, but do you really need to look that sharp? I think starch is for the old school guy whose job is really uptight. Western shirt? Never.. and why are you sendng your western shirt to a cleaner?

[denimdestroyedmylife]

^ seconded.

plus starch is not good for your beloved garments

[wEstSidE]

starching the collar and cuffs is a good idea on a dress shirt, it keeps them cleaner.

who starches the whole shirt?

[Servo2000]

on a dress shirt, yes, maybe, but do you really need to look that sharp?

We be goin' out like Original Dandy material, sharper than the knives we cut you with.

[wEstSidE]

yes and we wear girdles so we can get that wicked awesome waisted look on our frock coats.

[liq2]

Western goes to the cleaners so that i don't get the shrinkage from the washing machine. i think it has to do with being in between sizes, washed XL too big, washed L too small.

Really the light startch keeps the collars and cuffs lookin sharp on a dress shirt, the over all look and feel of the rest of the shirt is the same as getting it pressed. Unfort for work i have to get dressed up everyday.

[RockTheVote]

I believe there is a switch on the wash machine that says "Cold Water" for a reason.

[macuser3of5]

No starch anywhere. It mucks up your fabrics, yo. If you develop some ironing skills, it's really not necessary at all to starch your shirt, including the collar and the sleeves.

Also, I never use the cleaners for shirts, cold wash + hang dry FTW.

[wEstSidE]

i find that it prevents permanent stains on the collar and cuffs of white shirts...other than that it's unnecessary.

i agree with you about the cleaners.