Shirt Collar Placement - Men's Dress Shirts Collar Perfect Fit - Collar Style _ Cut _
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Iím Antonio Centeno, the founder of Real Men Real Style.
And today Iím going to be talking about shirt collars and how to get them to lay correctly.
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The question came in ñ hi, Antonio.
Great site.
Great advice.
Well, thank you.
Iíve got a question.
For casual occasions I like to wear a suit or blazer with no tie.
But I have trouble finding a shirt collar that really stands up.
It seems like Iím always adjusting and the collar either under the jacket lapel or even
worse, the placket on the shirt collapses into a sloppy mess.
Is there such a thing as a super reinforced placket?
How can I get this to stay?
So, he gives me a little bit of information about his size, his measurements, and everything.
But unfortunately, there isnít a silver bullet here.
And this is something that is you wear dress shirts or button up shirts and you donít
like a tie, this is something youíve probably thought of and you fought with.
And so let me give you some things to look at, some ideas to consider and five quick
tips on how you can get your collar to stay the way you want it to.
So first, youíve got to have the right collar build.
Okay.
There are all different types.
There are going to be spread collars.
There are going to be point collars.
You want to go more towards point collars.
And I canít, you know, tell you the exact degrees because this goes into a lot of construction
ñ how, you know, how big your chest is.
What youíre going to want to do is play with it.
And youíre going to want to ñ especially if youíre buying off the rack and itís not
coming with a removal collar stays.
Youíre going to want to get this as close to right as possible.
Otherwise, itís going to be very difficult, especially without collar stays.
And so thatís the second point.
Buy shirts with removable collar stays.
By doing this, you can ensure that this point stays and that the collar doesnít, you know,
doesnít get soft.
I mean, if you want a soft collar, you want to either look at companies that make soft
collars or you can just take the stays out.
But if you canít take stays out, youíll never be able to get a stiff collar.
In addition, thereís a great company called Working Stiffs, who I use their ñ theyíve
actually got magnetic collar stays.
So, Iíve actually got a magnet right here, which ensures this stays where I want it to
stay.
So, thatís actually a really nice tip and itís a great company.
You can go check them out.
The other thing is going to be button placement.
And this ñ again, if youíre not buying custom, you really donít have much choices.
Youíre going to want to find a brand that has this second button or depending what ñ
maybe youíre down in Florida and I guess you may be doing button down until you get
to your navel.
But in any case, you want to make sure the button that you do button, that there is ñ
that it fits right here and that itís ñ doesnít need to be lowered or ñ lowered
or raised, because youíre not going to be able to do that with an off the rack piece.
You can actually put a hole in there.
So, thatís something you want to be looking at.
Button placements, making sure itís got removable bones.
The other one is going to be the collar shape ñ making sure that itís a point and not
a cutaway collar.
The other one is going to be ñ are you going to be wearing a jacket with this?
So, for me, I know when I wear a jacket, it does a good job of keeping this in place,
especially if Iím wearing collar stays.
The last part is going to be ñ consider a hidden button and this maybe an option.
You can actually take it to tailor and they can put in a hidden button underneath.
And that would ensure it stays where you want.
Now, itís going to be a bit of a softer ñ a softer collar roll unless youíve got bones
in there.
But the hidden button is an option for some men.
All right.
Hopefully, that helped.
Again, youíre going to want to go out there and find a brand that fits your body type.
If youíre going custom, then work with your tailor to get the exact shape for your build,
button placement and all those other things I mentioned.
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