Entropy cotton

[imomus]

You go into a clothes shop and pull open some T-shirts to look at the designs. But when you try to put them back on the shelf, you simply can't achieve the necessary level of folding perfection. You make pathetic attempts to smooth rumples and tuck in sleeves, but it seems your level of personal culture is inadequate. This is something you weren't taught at school or university. It's something you will never learn. "Just leave it, we'll fix that," says the sales assistant with a kindly smile that doesn't quite hide some shade of supercilious pity, exasperation and derision. You exit the shop apologetically, leaving a crumpled mess of "entropy cotton" behind you.



Well, thanks to Japanese YouTube select site Qooqle Video Clippers I have found a way never again to be that inadequate loser. With this instructional video on how to fold T-shirts, not only will you be able to hold your head high on your next visit to Graniph, you'll be able to turn your own bedroom into something almost as beautiful.

Who'd have thought folding T-shirts was so simple? There it is on the screen! The "magic point" you simply have to pinch for everything to fall into place using only the force of gravity! Mastery of the Second Law of Thermodynamics can be yours! All you have to do is watch a 22-second video!

Except... I can't do it. No matter how many times I watch this incredibly simple video, I can't make the shirt fall into the neat oblong shape the expert gets. And why are there two edits, at the six and thirteen second marks? Is this just another internet conspiracy? Or simply confirmation of the weary thesis of the Resistentialists; things really are against us.

Comments

[lord-whimsy.livejournal.com]

I can tell you a simple way to get those creases out of a freshly used tie overnight without having to use a harmful iron, but I doubt this is a tie crowd. Ditto for using different colors of shoe polish to get a deep custom tone to your shoes.

Step-by-step charts for various tie and pocket square folds can be downloaded here, (http://www.lordwhimsy.com/trifles/tutorials.html) in case anyone wants them.

(Sound of wind)

[pixelmist.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah? Let's have it!

[lord-whimsy.livejournal.com]

Take off your tie for the evening, and hold it between your index and middle finger, allowing it to hang like it would on a tie rack. Start coiling/rolling it up, keeping a decent bit of tension as you roll it round your fingers. If need be, use a very light rubber band to keep it together when you are done. Leave it alone for the night, and in the morning unravel it and hang it like you usually would. The creases and wrinkles should be greatly diminished. This should extend the life of your silk ties.

[pixelmist.livejournal.com]

Danke, Whimsy! I'll try this tonight, oh my dandy my dandy.

So what about the shoe polish trick? That sounds even more impressive!

[lord-whimsy.livejournal.com]

Not much of a trick, but if you wish to add a bit of depth to, say, a pair of brown shoes, use black shoe polish on them, possibly even oxblood to get a reddish tone, then black polish over that. It allows you to deepen their tone, essentially customizing them to your liking. It gives you more leeway when puchasing a shoe if you like its design, but not its color.

I have a pair of thrift ankle boots that are slightly purplish in tone as a result, which goes nicely with this bespoke ensemble. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/lord_whimsy/Whimsy/whimsyblack2web.jpg)

[pixelmist.livejournal.com]

Once again, that outfit makes me garden-green with envy. One day, Rob...one day...