Vintage View: Ironing out that nostalgic chore 

Glide through the load with our vintage ironing hacks

With easy-care materials sprung lightly with elastane, many of us rarely ever touch the iron.

Ironing is one of those nostalgia chores many of us learn through a series of wincing burns and blackened imprints. It’s generally regarded with loathing — undeserved, I would say.

What else is so meditative and in the moment with a podcast glued to your head as smacking down a few garments? There’s a series of familiar and deeply satisfying scents and sounds — fresh cotton shrugging off a veil of steam sends me right back to the 1970s.