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What goes on our Dubai board

Six groups cover nearly everything Dubai homes send for ironing, from a week of office shirts to a ghutra for the weekend. Open any item for how we handle it and one thing to do before you bag it.

Office shirts and tops · Business shirts

A week of shirts for the office

We start where a shirt is judged, the collar points and the cuffs, then the shoulders across the back, then sleeves and front panels. Done in that order the yoke never gets creased again by the arms.

Pull out the plastic collar stays and any cufflinks. A hot plate over a metal stay leaves a glossy outline you can see across a meeting room.

• Collar and cuffs lead
• Stays and links out
• Each shirt: AED 11

Office shirts and tops · Silky blouses

Blouses in thin and shiny fabrics

A blouse might be crisp cotton or a slippery viscose that marks if you look at it. The fabric tag tells us which before any heat goes on, and the thin ones get a cooler plate with more steam.

Tag cut off? Put the fabric in your booking message and we'll go gently.

• Tag read first
• Thin fabric, cooler plate
• Per blouse: AED 11

Office shirts and tops · Tees

T-shirts worth smartening up

Under a linen jacket, a pressed T-shirt reads as dressed, a crumpled one reads as gym. It travels back hung, same as the shirts.

Flip graphic tees inside out so the print faces away from the plate. Send them freshly washed: a trace of sun cream you can't see will turn yellow once heat hits it.

• Graphics turned in
• Washed, not worn
• Per tee: AED 11

Office shirts and tops · Neckties

Ties that lost their shape

Five days of knotting puts a twist down the blade. Steam relaxes it flat while the rolled edges stay round, because a tie pressed into a knife edge never looks right again.

Untie it before it goes in the bag, or the knot leaves its crumple behind.

• Rolled edges kept
• Untied before bagging
• Per tie: AED 11

Trousers, skirts and summer shorts · Chinos and jeans

Work trousers and denim

Office trousers get a centre crease set down the front of each leg. Denim comes back smooth with no line, unless your note asks for one.

Check the pockets. A car key or a dirham coin forgotten in there prints its outline into the cloth under steam.

• Crease on work trousers
• Denim left flat
• Per pair: AED 17

Trousers, skirts and summer shorts · Trousers from a suit

Just the trousers, no jacket

If the jacket isn't coming, the trousers have a price of their own. Dark wool mixes are done on a lower setting, since too much heat leaves a glaze across the knees.

Worn to a couple of meetings since the last clean? Then they need clean & press, not us.

• Lower heat for wool
• No glaze on the knee
• Per pair: AED 17

Trousers, skirts and summer shorts · Pleated and straight skirts

Skirts, one pleat at a time

A pencil skirt is quick: flat, smooth, hung by the waistband. Knife pleats are slower, as each fold is lined up and steamed back on its original line.

Do the zip up first so its teeth can't snag the lining in the bag.

• Pleats lined up
• Zip done up
• Per skirt: AED 17

Trousers, skirts and summer shorts · Linen shorts

Shorts for the long hot months

Through a Dubai summer, shorts get as much wear as anything in the wardrobe, and linen ones crumple as soon as you fold them. Smart pairs get a soft crease; beach pairs just get smoothed.

Turn the pockets out over the bin first. There's always a little sand at the bottom.

• Soft crease if smart
• Pockets turned out
• Men's pair: AED 11

Dresses, gowns and jumpsuits · Casual day dresses

Dresses for normal days

We work down from the neckline and round each seam rather than across it, then hang the dress so the skirt drops without a kink at the waist.

Got a matching sash or belt? Loop it over the hanger hook so it comes home with the dress.

• Neckline down
• Sash goes with it
• Per dress: AED 32

Dresses, gowns and jumpsuits · Gala gowns

Long gowns for a big night

A floor-length gown with a full skirt needs the whole board and a patient hand with the steam wand. That extra time is why it has a separate price.

Give it two or three days before the party, so there's time to try it on and still ask for a touch more.

• Whole board, slow steam
• Two or three days early
• Per gown: AED 45

Dresses, gowns and jumpsuits · Sequins and tulle

Dresses with beads and layers

Sequins, crystals and layers of tulle never go under a flat plate. They're steamed from the reverse side, panel by panel, with the decoration kept away from the heat.

If a few beads are already hanging by a thread, say so on WhatsApp so they're handled with care.

• Steamed from the back
• Mention loose beads
• Per dress: AED 55

Dresses, gowns and jumpsuits · All-in-ones

Jumpsuits and playsuits

An all-in-one gets done in sections, bodice first, legs second, and the join at the waist last so the earlier work isn't crushed.

Loosen any tie belt before packing; a knot sitting in the bag leaves a ripple across the middle.

• Done in sections
• Tie belt loosened
• Per jumpsuit: AED 28

Kanduras, abayas and national dress · White kanduras

Kanduras pressed long and straight

An Emirati kandura has no collar, so the neckline, the front opening and the long tassel are what catch the eye. We run the length in long strokes, keep the front opening dead straight and leave the tassel lying flat.

Send them freshly washed. Perspiration hiding in white cloth goes yellow under a hot plate, and once that's set no amount of steam will lift it.

• Front opening kept sharp
• Tassel left flat
• Per kandura: AED 12

Kanduras, abayas and national dress · Abayas

Abayas that hang without a shine

An everyday abaya is steamed from the shoulders down so it falls clean. Soft crepe and nida mark easily, so those get a lower setting and more time, which is the delicate rate.

Lace edging, stones or embroidery? Put it in your message and we'll work around it.

• Everyday: AED 15
• Delicate fabrics: AED 24
• Trim? Mention it

Kanduras, abayas and national dress · Ghutra headcloths

A ghutra with square edges

A ghutra looks wrong the moment a corner curls. It's pressed out flat on the board, edges squared, then folded ready to wear.

Lay it on top of everything else in the bag so it isn't crushed into a corner.

• Corners squared off
• Bag it on top
• Per ghutra: AED 10

Kanduras, abayas and national dress · Saris, kurtas, jalabiyas

Long and layered traditional wear

A sari runs to several metres, all of it pressed by hand, so it sits higher on the list than a kurta. Silk and gold zari borders are steamed from behind and never touched with a bare plate.

A kurta or jalabiya is handled much like a long shirt: neckline and cuffs before the body.

• A sari: AED 41
• Kurta for men: AED 10
• A jalabiya: AED 15

Suits, blazers and coats · Suits, jacket and trousers

A clean suit that got crushed

Cleaned last month and flattened in the wardrobe since? That's a pressing job. The jacket gets its shoulders, chest and sleeves, then the trousers get their crease.

If it's been out to a few dinners since it was cleaned, send it for clean & press instead.

• Jacket, then trousers
• Worn since? Clean first
• Two-piece: AED 55

Suits, blazers and coats · Blazers

Blazers and sports jackets

A jacket goes over a shaped form so the chest and shoulders keep their build. The lapel gets steam only, so it rolls rather than lying flat like paper.

Check the inside pocket for a pen. Ink and heat are a bad mix.

• On a shaped form
• Lapel rolls, not flat
• Per jacket: AED 38

Suits, blazers and coats · Suit waistcoats

Waistcoats, front and back

A small piece with a lot going on: buttons down the front, a slippery lining behind. Each side is pressed on its own setting.

Hang it with the suit it belongs to so the set comes home as one.

• Each side done
• Keep the set together
• Per waistcoat: AED 11

Suits, blazers and coats · Travel coats

Coats home from a winter trip

In Dubai a coat spends most of the year folded in a case for trips somewhere colder. Clean but flattened from the flight, it can be pressed and hung.

Spot a mark from the airport? That's a cleaning job, so send it on clean & press.

• Only coats already clean
• Marked? Needs cleaning
• Per coat: AED 41

Knits and layers for the AC · Cardigans and jumpers

Knitwear for cold offices

Air conditioning in a Business Bay office can be chilly enough to keep a cardigan on the back of the chair. A knit only needs a low steam held above it to drop the fold lines; pressing down would squash the stitch.

Would you rather we didn't touch a favourite? Keep it out of the bag.

• Low steam, held off
• Stitch never squashed
• Per jumper: AED 19

Knits and layers for the AC · Hoodies and sweats

Hoodies and sweats

A light steam over the body and arms takes out the drawer creases. Ribbed cuffs and waistbands are left with their stretch.

Printed fronts go inside out before they're bagged.

• Light steam over
• Ribbing keeps its give
• Per hoodie: AED 25

Knits and layers for the AC · Shawls and wraps

Fine scarves and shawls

Fine wraps get steam, never a plate, so thin weaves don't turn glossy. They're returned folded loose or on a hanger, depending on which shows fewer lines.

Fringes are combed out straight before they go into the cover.

• Steam, no plate
• Fringe combed out
• Per scarf: AED 11