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I iron the crap out of everything silk with on the hottest setting with lots of steam. I have never had any kind of problems. This is so much quicker than trying to steam out the wrinkles.
If you look at an old iron from say the 1960's the hottest setting will be probably be labeled "cotton/silk". These days either silk isn't mentioned or its indicated for a lower setting. I am not sure why, but it is not because the high setting isn't perfectly safe. Silk is not damaged by high temps unless you leave the iron in one place long enough to scorch it, but even cotton can scorch.
If your silk veil feels too crisp after ironing, simply pull it through your hand several times and it will restore the butter liquidy consistency (think of a magician pulling silk scarves out of his fist).
The lycra skirt -- I would be tempted to just lay it out flat or hang it and see if the wrinkles fall out. If not try a very cool iron, and with an pressing cloth between the lycra and the iron.
Sedonia
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