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A starched-stiff detachable wing collar from Luke Eyres. A detachable collar or a false collar is a shirt collar separate from the shirt, fastened to it by studs. The collar is usually made of a different fabric from the shirt, in which case it is almost always white, and, being unattached to the shirt, can be starched to a hard cardboard-like consistency.
The Arrow Collar Man was the name given to the various male models who appeared in advertisements for shirts and detachable shirt collars manufactured by Cluett Peabody & Company of Troy, New York. The original campaign ran from 1905–31, though the company continued to refer to men in its ads and its consumers as "Arrow men" much later.
Tab collar: A shirt collar with a small tab that fastens the points together underneath the knot of the necktie. Tunic collar: A shirt collar with only a short (1 cm) standing band around the neck, with holes to fasten a detachable collar using shirt studs. Tunisian collar: A T-shaped collar with a vertical button placket going up to mid-chest.
Between the late 19th and mid-20th centuries, men's collars were often detachable from their shirts, connected only by two removable collar studs (one in front and one at the back). Detachable collars were very stiff, and either stood straight up (as in a Hamilton collar) or were pressed over at an ironed-in, starched crease (as in a Fremont ...
Cluett, Peabody & Company, Inc. once headquartered in Troy, New York, was a longtime manufacturer of shirts, detachable shirt cuffs and collars, and related apparel. It is best known for its Arrow brand collars and shirts and the related Arrow Collar Man advertisements (1907–1931). It dates, with a different name, from the mid-19th century ...
Originally called the detachable bosom, the dickey shirtfront, made of rigid plastic, was the fashion in shirts in the late 19th century; the dickey also was one of the first successful, commercial applications of celluloid. Like the detachable shirt collar, the dickey (a bosom-front for a dress shirt) was invented as a separate accessory for ...
Spread collars measure from around 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches (89 to 216 mm) between the collar points. There are various styles of collar, which is the primary indicator of the formality of a shirt. [3] Those discussed here are all attached collars, not styles specific to detachable collars. The very top button is number 1.
1827 Detachable collar. A detachable collar is a collar separate from the shirt, fastened to the shirt by studs. Hannah Lord Montague invented the detachable collar in Troy, New York, in 1827, after she snipped the collar off one of her husband's shirts to wash it, and then sewed it back on. [60] 1829 Graham cracker. A stack of graham crackers