Do Up Meaning

(transitive, archaic) To starch and iron.

Example:   I can't do up my shirt. The button is missing.
  Help me do up this zipper.
  I'm going to do up the living room next.
  They've done up the house so that they can sell it more easily.
  This time I'm going to do it up right.
  I did up the parcel with string and took it to the post office.
Hawthorne
  a rich gown of velvet, and a ruff done up with the famous yellow starch