Tried and tested: Steamery Stockholm's handheld steamer is a must for crease-free clothes

Turns out steaming really is the new ironing

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Steamery Stockholm

Naomi May20 May 2020

I’m a silky slip dress stalwart.

If it’s expensive, figure-hugging and printed in a loud and unapologetic fabric, I’ve not only tried it, but it is more than likely currently hanging in my wardrobe.

Silk dresses are delicious; they’re the sartorial equivalent of a Patty and Bun burger and fries combo: clings to the hips, and goes down a treat on the 'gram.

I’ve always joked that when I get married, I will do it wearing a leopard print silk slip dress with a pair of vintage art deco diamond earrings and feather mules. And yes, I am apparently the love child of Pat Butcher and Kat Slater.

Their unabated glamour aside though, these garms are hard to tend to. They’re not like my run-of-the-mill machine washable tees and trews I can throw in for a spin with an Ariel tab. These are expensive pieces which require the utmost level of TLC, which I have always struggled to provide, particularly given my propensity for donning them on wine-fuelled occasions (cue the stains and inexplicable odours.)

Steamery Stockholm

Enter, Steamery Stockholm and its streamlined hand-held steamer and girl band of products, all which promise to restore my threads to their former glory.

The brand, which was founded in 2014 in – you guessed it – Stockholm, promises that its products will keep your clothes fresh between washes, in turn fuelling the process of ‘slow fashion.’ You’ve heard the mantra: buy less, buy better. Which means caring for them more efficiently and washing them less, so they last longer.

The handheld steamer itself – which is sold in five different pastel colourways - is not only aesthetically pleasing but it really works; it refreshed my army of silk pieces and teased all of the kinks in their fabric out. I guarantee you had no idea that steaming clothes would be something you'd be told to add to your roster of corona-activities.

It also comes with a heat-proof bag to store it safely, which can also double as a mitt to use under the fabric when steaming.

Steamery Stockholm

Joining the steamer is Steamery’s trio of laundry detergents, The Delicate Wash, The Sport Wash and The Clothing and Shoe Mist, which is the ultimate antidote to a day’s wear, when an item may feel worn, but not necessarily in need of a wash. It smells fresh and awakening and left my clothes feeling cared for without mindlessly throwing them into my laundry bin.

The whole range left me truly reeling as to how I’ve got so far through my life without knowing about it, but the Pilo Fabric Shaver is truly a necessity that I implore you to buy now. Like, right now.

This ball of fire (again available in the five chic colourways) will reform your woollen goodies to their once pristine selves, that much I promise you. Cashmere jumpers with bobbles? A quick whiz with the Pilo, et voila! They’re brand new again.

It’s time to retire your age-old iron and its rusty ole’ board and upgrade to a newer, sleeker and chicer model. Steamery Stockholm is a total game-changer; my silks have never looked just so alluring.