The study defined housework as nine chores: cleaning, preparing meals, washing dishes, washing and ironing clothes, driving family members around, shopping, yard work, maintaining cars and paying bills.

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Any job would have been better than ironing clothes.

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Ms Claiborne knew her customers were imperfect, mostly with bodies they didn't like, and wanted clothes that flattered them with no discomfort and no ironing.

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Aluminum foil as wrinkle remover: To get wrinkles out of silk, wool, and rayon clothes that can't take direct heat, place a piece of foil on your ironing board, then lay the garment flat over it.

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