Wearing Laundered Clothes for a Woman During the Thirty Days of Mourning
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Question
Is it permissible for a married Ashkenazi woman to be lenient in wearing laundered clothes during the thirty days of mourning so as not to be unattractive to her husband?
Answer
The custom to forbid wearing laundered clothes during the thirty days applies even to a married woman. It is permissible to wear laundered clothes if someone else wears the garment, even for a short time. If that is not possible, throw it on the floor and step on it.
Source
Tiferet Le-Moshe, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 389: "For thirty days it is forbidden to wear, etc." It seems to me that this applies even to a married woman and is not similar to hair cutting as mentioned in Siman 381:6 and Siman 392:2.
And since the custom equates laundering with ironing, one should be stringent even for a woman. Moreover, it is easy to give it to another to wear. However, if there is no one to wear it, throw it on the floor and step on it, as written in Lechem HaPanim, Kuntres Acharon, Yoreh De'ah, Siman 376.