When we talked to Maira Kalman, whose illustrated edition of Gertrude Stein’s The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas was published last month, about the things she can’t live without, a Rowenta iron and ...

My mother knew how to iron. I should have paid more attention. I remember her standing over the ironing board, forming crisp fresh-smelling stacks of linens. I did not take further note because, back ...

My mother knew how to iron. I should have paid more attention. I remember her standing over the ironing board, forming crisp fresh-smelling stacks of linens. I did not take further note because, back ...

With the development of both clothing materials and washing machine technology over the years, there has been a decline in the need for professional laundry services, specifically dry cleaning.

In Granny’s lifetime, clothes were boiled in iron wash pots over hickory fires, rinsed under waterspouts in galvanized tubs, and hung on clotheslines. Laundry required an entire morning, although she ...

I began learning to iron my own clothes when I was 12. That was about the time I started to care about my personal appearance, and my sweet Mama gave me an ultimatum: I could either learn to use an ...