Rather shirty
Sir: I write from a deep sense of resentment and anger against British shirt manufactur- ers, who have so far failed to produce a truly non-iron shirt.
In my wardrobe I have many summer dresses, of many different materials, which I can throw into my washing machine along with everything else, spin-dry, hang on the line, and when dry wear straight away. No special treatment is required, no hand rins- ing and gentle squeezing, no running out with a dripping garment to be draped rev- erently over a hanger and hung up to drip onto the patio.
It is quite beyond my comprehension that shirt manufacturers cannot produce a gar- ment requiring the same minimum amount of care. Do they believe that people like ironing shirts? If so, I can assure them they are wrong — I never yet met anyone who did. Are men so conservative that they won't accept a shirt made of anything but poplin? I doubt it, when I see what some men can be persuaded to wear.
I can only beg the shirtmakers who advertise in this magazine to give the mat- ter some serious consideration.
Phyllis G. Hogbin
16 Durham Square, Colchester, Essex
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