You might not have heard the name of collar stays. There are different reasons behind that. The first reason is that these stays have different names like collar stiffeners, collar sticks, knuckles, bones, tabs, etc. And the second reason is that you never had to buy a collar stay and most of them were inserted in your shirt collar even before you bought them.

The history of this accessory is not as short as it seems. It has been used for around 50 years thought the materials used for producing collar stays have changed a lot. For example, bones are not used anymore for producing stays but in the past bones were the most used materials for producing stays. But now, with the high availability of plastic, the trend has been shifted to plastic stays and the plastic made stays are comparatively cheaper and can be produced in higher quantities.

If you are still wondering about what a collar stay is here is your end to the quest. It is an accessory for your shirt collar to keep your shirt collar straight and crisp all the time even the shirt is an older one or even if you wear it for several hours at a stretch. That is indeed a wonderful solution to keep your image alright in all types of offices or societies. You can choose from two types of collar stays from your necessity. Either you can go for the permanent one which are cheaper and easier to use. You will have to just stitch inside your collar by a tailor and then you can forget about it.

The collar stay will do its job till it’s not damaged. This method is more applicable for the shirts used every day for usual workplaces. On the other hand you can go for a removable collar stay for special occasions. The removable ones are more costly but you will find that they save some money too in one sense. You can use the same collar stay with different shirts when using the removable collar stays. In this way you use quality product using less money.