They are commonly provided in hotel rooms worldwide, though may also be purchased for home use; they are generally associated with use by businessmen who require a formal appearance to their suit.
RAF veteran Peter Corby, the inventor of the press, died in August 2021, at the age of 97.
During the 1960s the trouser press was an aspirational product for the British middle classes, and this led to a thread of satire and cultural references.
The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band recorded the song, "Trouser Press", for their 1968 album The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse, satirising 1960s consumerism, and making numerous references to the trouser press as emblematic of middle class life.
The Tea, Coffee and Trouser Press Census tour diary along is included as an extra feature on his Part Troll DVD.