tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478177543168445979.post6785256975448807450..comments2023-10-10T11:41:55.561-04:00Comments on Jersey Pfaff Follies & Singer Zingers: Breaking Collar Rules? Yes? No?Tom Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15026704507943805588noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478177543168445979.post-86601117716058311412012-12-24T00:20:25.300-05:002012-12-24T00:20:25.300-05:00Thanks guys! I have a love=hate relationship with...Thanks guys! I have a love=hate relationship with dress shirt collars and ties, particularly the long tie. Oddly, I am fond of bow ties. Some 55 years ago, I started wearing dress shirts and long ties as part of my parochial school uniform. All these years later, I still have my grade school tie and it's just a small version of the same tie I wear to work every day. Men's shirts and styles change slowly over the decades. We're into the new century by almost 13 years. The wide gap shirt was a first step, but I need to create a new tie to go with it. I've been giving thought to using a bow tie band with the usual clip, or a snap, as a platform to hold a fabric device to fill out all that new real estate at the neck. Maybe a trapunto geometric shape? Maybe a fan of pleated fabric is a star burst pattern? Pleating seems to have endless possibilities. I'll work up something over the next few days. Thanks for the support!Tom Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026704507943805588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478177543168445979.post-53632871303882534122012-12-23T14:56:32.262-05:002012-12-23T14:56:32.262-05:00Since I only button the top button when I wear a t...Since I only button the top button when I wear a tie, I haven't put a top button on any of the shirts I have made since I consider it useless. The photo you have with the collar not pinned closed is the way I would wear it. I think your shirt looks great.Thin Man Sewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08820357163147529393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478177543168445979.post-86469697361303413312012-12-23T13:46:16.146-05:002012-12-23T13:46:16.146-05:00I think it's great you are not following the &...I think it's great you are not following the "rules" about how your shirt should look. I almost always tweak the collar as I like a spread and length that's a tad shorter and wider than conventional dress shirt points. Now that I don't have to wear them to the office, I'm going to be more adventuresome - maybe even make a few shirts with removable collars so I can mix them up.Bobbin Doctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406646998270462008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478177543168445979.post-75568167771928854482012-12-22T13:05:36.350-05:002012-12-22T13:05:36.350-05:00Tom, I have a few shirts that came out looking lik...Tom, I have a few shirts that came out looking like your white one (unintentionally) -- usually because I mis-measured the collar or the neckline stretched out. I guess I'm conservative at heart because I prefer the classic collar gap size. That said, you can make your shirt anything you want it to be and it might even look better. I think a lot depends on whether you wear your shirt collar open or not. Good luck with it!Peter Lappinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109154527996679077noreply@blogger.com