If you love crisp, wrinkle-free clothing but dislike ironing, there are several simple strategies you can adopt to keep your clothes smooth. Zachary Pozniak of Jeeves New York advises selecting the right washing cycle—normal for cotton, and delicate for synthetics—to minimize wrinkles. Similarly, Hannah Yokoji from The Laundress recommends matching dryer cycles with fabric types, like high heat for cotton and low or no heat for delicates, to avoid wrinkles.
Avoid overloading your dryer to allow garments space to move, reducing wrinkles. Utilizing tumble dry cycles with sensors instead of timed drying can prevent over-drying and static. Replace single-use dryer sheets with wool or acrylic dryer balls to disperse items and reduce wrinkling.
Remove slightly damp clothes from the dryer and hang them to finish drying, which prevents wrinkling and static. When air drying, gently reshape garments before hanging to fight wrinkles. For stubborn wrinkles, try a wrinkle-release spray to smooth them out quickly.
