Abstract: A method of ironing articles of clothing suspended on hangers includes the step of directing opposite hot air jets onto two large sides of a moving previously wetted article with the opposite hot air jets acting to impinge upon the treated article in a direction from top to bottom so as to maintain the article in a state of vertical tension during the treatment, and the hot air being directed symmetrically onto the two sides of the moving articles through a plurality of superimposed nozzles which are inclined downwardly about 45.degree. to a plane of movement of the article. An apparatus for implementing the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A shirt-type garment having a turn-down collar and a central row of buttons is folded longitudinally and transversely folded into approximately rectangular shape with a button at the back of the folded garment near a lower transverse fold. A cardboard panel having a width and length approximately equal to the width and length respectively of the folded garment, a tab at its upper end of a size and shape to fit under the garment collar, a central hole large enough to receive a button spaced from the lower end of the panel and a narrow slit extending down from the hole almost to the lower end of the panel, is placed on the back of the folded garment so that a button is received through the hole in the panel.