smartly pressed for the USA….
As promised here are the first of two videos on how to press your suit. Of course when we press a suit that has just been made there’s a little more work involved. Obviously, what most of the readers of English Cut want is to simply smarten up their suits for that fresh clean look.
Like everything in life it takes a little practice but you’ll see that using the tools of the trade make life a lot easier. I’ll post the jacket and waistcoat pressing in a couple of weeks but in the meantime you can breathe new life into your trousers.
(no place like it)
I’m also delighted to let you know that my flights have been booked for this springs visit to the USA. Sadly, I cant spend as much time in the US as I’d like to so please contact me as early as possible and we’ll do our best to get you in the diary. As you’re probably aware the only cities I now visit are San Francisco and New York. Many people have been asking about our MTM service but I’m afraid this will not be available on my visit as the diary simply wont allow. However, we hope to arrange a supplier this year so our US based friends can take advantage of our new service.
As usual we’ll be very busy getting ready for my trip but I also cant wait to visit my friends in the US. My full itinerary is here and I look forward to seeing you.
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Thanks so much for this helpful series.
Very interesting video indeed. Where might one purchase an iron such as the one you are using? What about steamers, may they be used to good effect as well?
Thank you
J Medock Fixley
Very interesting video indeed. Where might one purchase an iron such as the one you are using? What about steamers, may they be used to good effect as well? Also is it possible to purchase the table and board or must I have them made?
Thank you for your help with these matters.
J Medlock Fixley
Great instruction video – thanks! But don’t you get more control with a non-steam iron? An instruction book I have suggests a flat iron with a damp rag (under the tap and then rung out) and a clapper to insert and distribute the steam. Then dried off with the iron, pressed (as you did it) over a linen off-cut (which you showed but never used). I use that method and it certainly works and you do get great control. But those great clouds of steam that you get from your steam iron would certainly work on large, flat areas, such as the back of a jacket. I think that you might have to be rather practiced to make a steam iron work well.
Thouroughly enjoyed this tutorial. I’ll make this required viewing for my valet in the morning. Thankyou.
Thomas,
A fantastic video, I always love your no-nonsense approach to clearing the fog from tailoring. There are a few videos and tutorials around about pressing jackets, with one almost forbidding steam. Some of those ‘purists’ would insist that what you are doing is “ironing” and insisting that a “pressing” is different. I suspect a lt of folks are still imagining the use of the ‘goose’ iron rather than a modern steam iron with a coated plate.
I would ask though, does it matter that the iron is being moved about – rubbed over the cloth – rather than laid on the cloth? And how are you using such a high heat without having an adverse effect upon the wool?
Thank you very much for these instructional videos. For us without a clue and a long way from a tailor, information like this is priceless. My suits are looking better than ever.
Cheers!