Creases on shirt sleeves

[Panic Button]

When you iron mens smart trousers you put a crease down them.

Should you put a similar crease down the outside of a shirt sleeve?

I say not, but 'er indoors says you do.

Is Prince Charles's valet out there to settle this one?

[fine,thanks]

im here, yes a crisply ironed shirt sleeve is essential.

[heathfield]

Yes, to creases in shirt sleeves. Shows someone's been thorough enough and caring enough about appearances to iron the shirt, and they're not just a cheapo 'easy care' shirt straight out of the tumble dryer.

[Ethel]

I also like to see creases down the fronts, in line with the trouser creases.

[B00]

Ooooo no Ethel, that's the 'just-got-it-out-the-packaging' look.

And shirts definitely need a crease down the arms, actually, I wouldn't know how not to put the crease in!

[RATTER15]

Even I put a crease down the arms!!

[spudqueen]

You can buy a sleeve board which looks just like a mini ironing board. You sit it on top of your ironing board and move the sleeve round it to iron it so you don't end up with creases in the sleeve. My Mum always used one. I don't bother - my lot end up with creases in their sleeves.
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[Panic Button]

Thank you spudqueen, I was beginning to feel I was the only one in the world not to do creases.

However the concensus so far seems to be that 'er indoors is right. Not an unfamiliar situation.

[HWKE]

I would not wear a shirt without creases down the sleeve.

[heathfield]

There's a Navy saying... 'Collar and chest, and b*gg*r the rest!' ;-)

[Gotit]

Put creases on long sleeved shirts and use a shirt sleeve mini ironing board (cheap from Tesco) so that short sleeved shirts do not have a crease.

[legal girl]

My boyfriend is so fussy about the way his shirts are ironed he does them himself. He doesn't like a crease down the arm. He does always struggle like mad though, trying not to get a crease!

[Panic Button]

Yes it is harder work doing it without a crease, but I had better not suggest that it is the lazy option to put a crease in.

[davie321]

I believe it is considered rather more 'up-market' not to have a crease. It shows that someone has taken the trouble to use a sleeve-board (and back in the day, this would have meant a servant). Ironing them flat and thus getting a crease is quicker and easier and would tend to indicate that one had done it one's self.