How to Get Wrinkles out of a Pure Silk-Lined Chinese Jacket

Avoid pressing your sensitive silk garments with a hot iron.

For a sheer, fashionable look, silk is an ideal fabric. Its soft, breathable nature makes it a perfect lining for the inside of bath robes, light jackets and other luxurious garments. Because silk is such a sensitive fabric, it should be laundered with care. To avoid damaging its natural fibers, irons and other wrinkle-removing solutions should not be used. Exposure to humidity is sufficient for removing wrinkles from your silk-lined jacket.

Instructions

1. Close your bathroom door and draw a hot bath. If your bathroom has windows, close these as well. The water should be hot enough to produce visible clouds of steam.

2. Allow the bathtub to fill halfway. Hang your silk-lined jacket from the towel hook behind the door. If you have no door hook, suspend the jacket from a hanger hooked to a towel rack.

3. Leave the jacket undisturbed for 20 to 30 minutes. The humidity in the room will release the wrinkles from the silk naturally.

4. Hang the smoothed jacket in your closet. Avoid storing it close to other garments to prevent wrinkles in the future.

Tips & Warnings

• Refer to the care instructions on your garment before proceeding with any of these steps.

• A cool iron on its "Silk" setting may be used to smooth out very deep creases in the jacket.

• Never use a hot iron on a silk garment, as this will cause immediate scorching of the fabric.

References

• Texere Silk: Cleaning & Washing Silk