It's Official: Tweed is In (again)

**fluter** · 16th November 09, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by English Bloke

Brilliant, but can one use a trouser press on a kilt?

Not any trouser press that I've ever seen. Of course one rarely sees one in the States at all!

**Nick** · 16th November 09, 03:08 PM

Wait, I'm confused. This suggests that there was a point in which tweed was not 'in'. Surely that can't be true!

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 16th November 09, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by fluter

Of course one rarely sees one [a trouser press] in the States at all!

Quite so, although I do have one mounted to the wall in my dressing room. BUT, I would like to know why HOTELS have omitted this handy item from guest rooms, without reinstating a pressing service? Case in point: Over the weekend I attended the Saint Andrew's Society of Washington DC's Tartan Ball, which, BTW, was brilliant. The event was held at the Mayflower Hotel, considered by some to be the second best address in Washington DC. In other words, this wasn't exactly Motel 6. Well, the room is provided with an iron and an ironing board (just like Motel 6), but no trouser press. When I rang down to the desk, I was informed that they did not offer a valet service-- no pressing, no shoe shine. So it seems one is now expected to press their own trousers and shine their own shoes when staying at what are considered "top tier" hotels...

**JSFMACLJR** · 16th November 09, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown

Quite so, although I do have one mounted to the wall in my dressing room. BUT, I would like to know why HOTELS have omitted this handy item from guest rooms, without reinstating a pressing service? Case in point: Over the weekend I attended the Saint Andrew's Society of Washington DC's Tartan Ball, which, BTW, was brilliant. The event was held at the Mayflower Hotel, considered by some to be the second best address in Washington DC. In other words, this wasn't exactly Motel 6. Well, the room is provided with an iron and an ironing board (just like Motel 6), but no trouser press. When I rang down to the desk, I was informed that they did not offer a valet service-- no pressing, no shoe shine. So it seems one is now expected to press their own trousers and shine their own shoes when staying at what are considered "top tier" hotels...

If noticed the same thing, Scott, at some of the "better" hotels I've stayed at in this country recently.