I know it’s an odd question, but how can I intentionally wrinkle my cotton shorts? I want them extremely wrinkled.
Conti, the trend-setter
I know it’s an odd question, but how can I intentionally wrinkle my cotton shorts? I want them extremely wrinkled.
Conti, the trend-setter
Scrunch them up and put them under your mattress. Go to bed.
Repeat the above process until shorts are wrinkled to your satisfaction.
You can get “broomstick pleats” by taking your wet shorts, rolling them up, twisting them, tying them in a knot, and letting them dry. I had a skirt once that you were supposed to wrinkle in this way. However, it was a fairly lightweight fabric…if you can’t get your shorts int a knot, you could try to scrunch it up and fasten with rubber bands of something like that.
Can someone explain the reason for this thread?
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Sure.
Conti wants to know how to make shorts really wrinkly.
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For what reason? Mine do it without any effort on my part.
Think about American politics in the 21st century for a while: that ought to get your panties in a bunch…
kniz, another possibility is that Conti really just wanted to provide us all with as many opportunities for lame jokes about getting his shorts in a knot as possible…
The reason could be, and is, the fact that some wrinkled shorts are in style. Instead of buying them pre-wrinkled, I wanted to wrinkle my own. May sound stupid, but the Straight Dope is well known for answering even the weirdest of questions.
Thanks for the tips Gluteus and Tamex.
You want wrinkled? Really, REALLY wrinkled?
Make them wet. Then scrunch them up and leave them.
That’ll wrinkle them good.
How about just not ironing your shorts? Wear 'em, wash 'em, dry 'em then wear 'em again. Keep repeating.
I need to keep an eye out for this trend. I’m anti-wrinkle.
Or buy some linen shorts. I mention this because I left for work this morning in an immaculately ironed white linen shirt, and by the time I’d driven to the station, sat on the train and then on the Tube, and then walked to work, I looked (and still look) as though I spent the night in a skip. I don’t know why I bother…
Make them very wet, using a little bit of starch in hot water. Scrunch the shit out of them, tie them in a knot, and (here’s the difference) then tie several pieces of string around them really tightly. Put them in a warm place for several days until dry.