Professional laundering is offered by most dry cleaners. Washable garments are professionally washed and pressed. Men´s and women´s shirts are often bleached and starched according to the manufacturers label. Some of the laundering is done with very hot water which may shrink the interfacing or stiffening used in collars and cuffs.
Starching shirts and other cotton or cotton/polyester garments is common. The basic function of starch is to stiffen the garment. However, starch leaves minute crystals in the fiber that can wear out the garment faster than a garment that is not being regularly starched. The choice is appearance versus longer life.
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