subject: Collar Stiffeners: Discussion on Its Utilities [print this page] A collar stiffener is often referred as: collar sticks, collar bones, collar stays, collar tabs or collar knuckles. Now the shirt collars are very soft, so most of the men struggle a lot to keep their collar tidy and crisp. But this problem can easily be solved using collar stays or collar stiffeners.
You have plastic collar stiffeners and metal collar stiffeners to help you to maintain the shirt collars in a stiff way. One can choose from different types of collar stays, such as brass, stainless steel, plastic, sterling silver and many more. These collar stiffeners are designed with prints at one end and horn rounded at another end, and to use this you have to insert them in the pockets which is specially stitched for collar stiffener and it is present on underneath of the shirt collar. Make sure that you are inserting the pointed end into the collar pocket.
These collar stiffeners are mostly used to change the entire look of the shirt in such a way that to look neat and clean. As these collar stiffeners are very important accessories of shirt you can gift them to your special man whether it may be your husband, brother, friend or any important men in your life. Instead of gifting clothes, perfumes, watches and so on, gifting shirt collar stiffeners would be a good idea.
If you choose collar stiffeners for the most important man in your life, then do one more thing that makes the recipient to remember you always; that is personalizing the collar stiffeners, yes, you can do this with metal collar stays but not with plastic collar stays. You can personalize the shirt collar stiffeners by engraving names, dates, important messages, symbols or whatever you want.
Other than using collar stiffeners, one can also use mens jewellery pieces like mens studs, necklaces etc.
