Just the Tips: How to Fold A Shirt
Unless you did time at the Gap or still have your mom doing your laundry, chances are most of your clothes are unfolded and tossed sloppily about your closet and dresser drawers. And that’s cool—a little organized confusion never hurt anyone, but having to iron a shirt every time you want to wear it can get wearisome.
It may seem remedial, but keeping your clothes neatly folded will not only preserve the life of your clothes, it will help you keep your wardrobe better organized as well make packing for a trip that much easier. Not to mention it’ll make whichever girl you got spending the night think you got your shit together. So to help you out, we’ve put together a short-but-simple, four-step tutorial on how to properly fold your shirt. Read on for the illustrated tips…
STEP 1. Smooth out any wrinkles and lay the shirt face down on a flat surface with the bottom edge closest to you.
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STEP 2. Fold the shirt vertically down the left side and pull the sleeve toward the middle, leaving an inch from the left side of the collar. Repeat with the right side. Fold both sleeves back to meet the shirt’s edge.
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STEP 3. Bring the bottom of the shirt up and rest it just below the collar, creating a horizontal fold.
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STEP 4. Flip over. Now it should look just like Mom did it.
Gapgirl July 8, 2009 at 6:10 pm
If you did time at Gap, you’d know the tri fold trick. add a step three that would show how to make a small fold about 3 inches in from the bottom of the shirt and then proceed to step four. it folds the shirts smaller and more compact, that way you can neatly stack them no matter the size or style of the shirt may be.
ToneDef July 8, 2009 at 11:02 pm
Glad Ichecked this out because am about to pack right now…
Suckerzzzzzz =p
Pablo July 9, 2009 at 1:00 am
@Gapgirl Yeah that sounds about right, a flat piece of plastic about letter size or a magazine tucked inside the shirt’s back helps keep the lines straight. Or you can just use the lazy 3 second fold a shirt trick.
LOLintheLES July 9, 2009 at 10:00 am
this is cool because i usually just fold my shirt in half vertically, then again horizontally and call it a day since i don’t really know what i’m doing. they should also explain the difference between hot cold, cold cold, and cold warm settings on the washer cuz i don’t even get the point of that lol
superdae July 9, 2009 at 12:54 pm
coming from the Gap school of folding too, i do it another way, but this is really good for those Ikea bookcases which also are perfect for clothes and vinyl