De-Wrinkle Your Clothes Without Ever Touching An Iron

Ironing is barbaric. There, I said it. Heating up a giant metal plate to slowly smooth out wrinkles is at best a tedious exercise, and it requires way too much setting up and stuffing around. Fortunately, there are alternatives.


Spray Clothes With Water, Then Hang Them To Dry

Estimated time: 30 minutes to an hour.


Lightly Wet Clothes And Toss Them In The Dryer

Estimated time: 5-10 minutes.


Hang Your Clothes In The Shower With You

Estimated time: The length of your shower.


Use A Flat Iron

Estimated time: 5-20 minutes.

Okay, so this is cheating on the whole "never touch an iron" thing, but a hair-straightening flat iron could save messing around. Before you use it, you'll want to make sure that your flat iron is completely clean of all hair products, as these can damage your clothes. You'll still need to be careful about burning yourself or anything else, but it's still simpler than using a much larger iron and giant flat surface to work on.

No matter what method you use, you'll always want to make sure to be sure that it won't harm your clothing; check first. And remember: in the final analysis, your worth as a human being is not tied to the flatness of the fabric you wear.


    You could always just wear nothing but Lycra...

    Thanks for the article. I am completely tired of ironing my clothes. I wear a lot of cotton, however, so the methods listed above can have limited usefulness. (Yes, I've tried them all except for the flat iron, which seems like it would be a huge pain.) Damn.

    All of these seem like they'd require more time and/or effort than simply ironing your clothes, with a less effective result.

      but sometimes there isn't always an iron handy....

    Aldi sell garment steamer's for about $50. Nice investment but I think my shirts are an odd shape because there are some areas of dress shirts that, without losing the skin on one of my hands, I'm never going to be able to steam

    Hang clothes out properly while they dry after being washed. Hang in wardrobe carefully once they are dry. Never need an iron again,

      I agree. I shake my clothes vigorously and then hang them up to dry immediately out of the washing machine. I then hang them up or over my clothes rack (no wardrobe) when I'm not wearing them. I haven't used an iron for at least 10 years, and I only use a dryer at the laundromat when I'm washing all the bedding (I have a few sets and save them up). My clothes are rarely wrinkled.

      I do like the tip about using the flat iron - that would be particularly good for collars and button fronts of shirts.

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