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1940s fashion - The modern method of ironing
Back in the 1940's, it was all about technology. It still is, but in the world of fashion and home, there were some rare ones. Perhaps someone can inform us if this machine designed to replace the trusty iron ever took off, or if there is a modern equivalent.For another clever fashion accessory, check out 1920's fashion Galoshes for women .
I vaguely remember seeing something similar years ago, but I think that machine finished evolving and is now the grandmother of the irons that are in dry cleaning
ReplyDeleteIn the 1950's I knew a few families who owned an "ironing machine" or "ironer", officially called a "mangle". It was most useful for flat items such as sheets, pillowcases, teatowels, etc., but that took care of a large part of household ironing. Families were bigger, then, and there was no permanent press until well into the sixties. The ironer was a great appliance, but it was costly and it took up a lot of space, so not many people could afford one. It fell out of use when families got smaller and permanent press became the norm.
ReplyDeleteWow, that video is something else. I love how the ironing machine will help her preserve her "look".
ReplyDeleteYet another industrial-like machine it would seem weird to have in house these days! Still, it would be pretty neat to have a professional, dry-cleaners' grade ironer for those pesky, wrinkle prone drapes and bedsheets! Great video.
ReplyDeleteLOL! We had one of those in our basement for years when I was a kid. It still worked well into the mid-1970s. My mom used it to iron her cotton sheets and pillowcases and tablecloths. it was also pretty good for maintaining the creases in trousers, and if you were careful, you could press a skirt with it too, but that was a bit tricky!
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