Any of you guys remember Spiffy collar stays?

[trof]

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[SergeStorms]

1. Collar stays?

Wow? I thought I was old, but collar stays are before my time. Sorry.

[lillypaddle]

2. I remember those white, plastic thingies

that you inserted into the collar of a man's shirt - the collar actually had slits into which they fit. Those?

[MyOwnPeace]

3. I've got a whole drawer

full of those!

[lillypaddle]

6. Saving them for the appocolypse

or are you a hoarder?

[MyOwnPeace]

15. They would 'disappear' in the laundry

just like that 1 damned sock!

[SergeStorms]

4. Some shirts still have those.

Mostly upscale dress shirts, but they're still out there. I think he means something like an old celluloid collar. Maybe not.

[trof]

5. Nope. These were spring loaded metal wire thingys.

[lillypaddle]

9. okay, I vaguely remember those, too

so, trof, why are you thinking about these things? Have you been drinking again?

[trof]

10. More like 'still' as opposed to 'again'?

Naw, I just dredge these things up out of my memory.
I got one about cumberbunds.

[lillypaddle]

11. Bring it on!

Cumberbunds! oops, I got nothing.

[trof]

7. This is the best I can do.

[SergeStorms]

12. Good lord!

That looks like some medieval torture device! I would never put something like that anywhere near my neck. I've never seen those before, and I go back 71 years.

[trof]

13. Well I guess ya just missed it. I'm 79.

Cotton dress shirt collars used to curl up and look sloppy.
Spiffies were THE answer.

[SergeStorms]

14. Those were some long collar points...

if they needed a contraption like that to keep them down. And all for 25 cents. That's the second new thing I've learned today.

[trof]

8. If you were military back in the 60s you probably had one.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. I was in then, but didn't have one.

The only odd things we had were elastic bands to make the fatigue uniform trousers look as if they were tucked into the boots. When I wore a class-A uniform, I tied the tie, and the collars were free to do what they wanted.

Bad enough we had to deal with shoe polish and Brasso. No collar stays.