Looking for some info on collar stays. Did a bit of searching on here, didn't find much.
After many years of having dress shirts that don't fit worth a shit I am going to start updating my collared shirts with ones that fit. As I am a difficult shape to fit (thick neck, arm, and chest and a comparatively thin waistline) I have not had much success with any off the rack shirts getting tailored. Right now I am going to made-to-measure route as I can get a very good fit at a decent price. Later on I will move to actual custom shirts, but that's in the future. Also, I have never used collar stays before so I have no knowledge of them other than what I've read.
For reference, the collar stays I intend on getting are the ones that I believe were recommended on nexxxtlevelup, the metal ones with magnets for inside the shirt. I think these were the ones: http://www.amazon.com/Wurkin-Stiffs-2-5-...llar+stays . They're more expensive than the rest, but I figure buy them once and you're good forever basically.
My question is what are the rules/opinions on collar stays? I will be looking to get everything from short sleeve casual collared shirts to long sleeve dress shirts. I will most likely not be going with a very wide collar, except for maybe some shirts that I don't intend to ever button up fully, as I read on masculinestyle that the wider collars are for very lean faces which I am not graced with.
Does anybody recommend using stays in casual shirts? For the sake of not getting into what is "casual" and what isn't, let's say that by casual I mean short sleeve with collar, a plaid or striped design, or a shirt intended to wear with jeans/khakis/chinos. Probably over-simplified, but whatever.
I will be going with removable stay dress shirts at the very least so if I go dress shirts with removable stays and casual with sewn in stays that's fine with me.
It costs the same to get collar stays sewn in or allow for removable stays so I figure I might as well see what others with more knowledge have to say first.
After many years of having dress shirts that don't fit worth a shit I am going to start updating my collared shirts with ones that fit. As I am a difficult shape to fit (thick neck, arm, and chest and a comparatively thin waistline) I have not had much success with any off the rack shirts getting tailored. Right now I am going to made-to-measure route as I can get a very good fit at a decent price. Later on I will move to actual custom shirts, but that's in the future. Also, I have never used collar stays before so I have no knowledge of them other than what I've read.
For reference, the collar stays I intend on getting are the ones that I believe were recommended on nexxxtlevelup, the metal ones with magnets for inside the shirt. I think these were the ones: http://www.amazon.com/Wurkin-Stiffs-2-5-...llar+stays . They're more expensive than the rest, but I figure buy them once and you're good forever basically.
My question is what are the rules/opinions on collar stays? I will be looking to get everything from short sleeve casual collared shirts to long sleeve dress shirts. I will most likely not be going with a very wide collar, except for maybe some shirts that I don't intend to ever button up fully, as I read on masculinestyle that the wider collars are for very lean faces which I am not graced with.
Does anybody recommend using stays in casual shirts? For the sake of not getting into what is "casual" and what isn't, let's say that by casual I mean short sleeve with collar, a plaid or striped design, or a shirt intended to wear with jeans/khakis/chinos. Probably over-simplified, but whatever.
I will be going with removable stay dress shirts at the very least so if I go dress shirts with removable stays and casual with sewn in stays that's fine with me.
It costs the same to get collar stays sewn in or allow for removable stays so I figure I might as well see what others with more knowledge have to say first.