Product Care

Washing the shirts

  • Always remove the collar stiffeners.
  • Wash your shirts at no more than 40 degrees.
  • Never tumble dry them.
  • Keep light colours completely separate from dark colours.
  • You can add fabric softener to make ironing easier.
  • Iron when damp if you can, or use a mist spray.

Ironing

NB always follow the garment care label carefully.

  • Check the soleplate of the iron to ensure that it's clean. If it isn't make sure the iron is cool and not switched on and clean with a damp cloth.
  • Begin with one of the sleeves. Begin ironing in the middle of the sleeve from the centre outwards, otherwise light creases will be pressed into the material.
  • Only iron the folds at the end. If you are using a sleeve board, pull the sleeve over it and iron it even and smooth.
  • Iron a single-button cuff with the buttons facing upward. A double cuff has to be treated differently. Unfold the cuff and iron it completely smooth. Then fold it to desired shape and iron in the folds. Fold the cuffs in the middle and iron the fold in so that the buttonholes lie flat on top of each other.
  • Place the back of the shirt with the inside down on the ironing board. Pull the shirt tight and iron it smooth ensuring that you iron the back pleat evenly. Place the back pleat on the edge of the ironing board so that it runs parallel to one side. Hold the shirt tight while you iron in the pleat. Repeat the whole procedure from the other side.
  • Iron the collar from the tips in so that no creases in the material are left on the outside. This is particularly important with soft button-down collars. Turn the collar over and iron it on the inside. Now insert the collar stiffeners into the collar and turn it over.

Storage

  • It is best to keep shirts hanging up to prolong their life.
  • You shouldn't use wire hangers - using wooden hangers helps the shirts retain their shape. You can always iron your shirts one by one as and when you need them or just while away the Sunday blues by doing the weeks' worth in one go. If you want to store your ironed shirts flat, use the instructions given below.
  • Make sure all items have enough room to hang unencumbered to reduce wrinkling along the bottom.

Stain removal tips

  • Act quickly.
  • Follow the instructions on any stain removal products you use.
  • Test a hidden area of the fabric if you're not sure (do not use if the colour runs).
  • Remove stains from the front and back.
  • Do not bleach stains out as this often leads to uneven colouring.
  • Wash stain-treated items.

Folding for travel or storage

Please note when storing shirts it is best to keep them on hangers with the collar turned down and the buttons done up to maintain the shape of the shirt. If you are not able to store your shirt on a hanger when you have finished ironing it, you should let it cool off for half an hour on a clothes hanger before folding it.

First, button it up carefully and lay it with the front side down on the ironing board.
Fold over one half as shown in the picture. Depending on the size you wish the folded shirt to be. Fold it over about half way along the shoulder.
Next fold the sleeve downward. If the shirt has double cuffs, turn the cuff flat on its side.
Now fold the other half over. Make sure that the fold runs down from the shoulder at right angles to it.
Fold the second sleeve in. The shirt should now be a long rectangle. It should not get narrower toward the bottom.
Turn the lower part of the shirt over the cuffs. Fold the shirt so that the bottom hem of the shirt touches the collar.
Turn the shirt over and store it in a cupboard or a chest of drawers. If you have the space, it is better not to fold up your shirts, but to keep them on hangers.