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men's shirt collar styles - oxford, high style?

Hello, perhaps somebody could clear this up for me.

I recently purchased a bunch of shirts I had to return as I did not like the way the collars looks. I am now noticing that on some men casual shirt the collars tend to open up and stay flat where others tend to ride higher and stick out (the way I prefer). On the syle I prefer (and the shirt is claiming to be oxford style - though not button down), there's a ring of material below the collar, causing it to stick out.

Can anyone tell me if these two collar styles have names?

Thanks.

Reply to
jason
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snipped-for-privacy@cyberpine.com spray painted on a boxcar:

You like a collar with a stand. ( the neckband piece is the stand)

Reply to
Penny S

I think that the "ring of material" you're talking about must be the collar stand. If you had just the collarstand on the shirt, but no collar, you'd have one of those shirts that were popular a few years ago, the ones that look something like this:

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Collars with a stand will tend to stand up around your neck, like these:
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without a stand are typically seen on camp shirts like Hawaiian shirts,though I've also seen stand collars used on these:
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hawaiian_shirt.gif Another thing that will make a difference to the look of the collar is the "spread", or how far apart the front edges of the collar are when the shirt is buttoned (you need different collar spreads to accomodate different tie knots). Here are some examples:
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Ripley_Collar_Spreads.GIF And here are some more styles for collars on collar stands:
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COLLAR_STYLES.jpg In general, collars on stands are considered dressier than camp shirts (with standless collars).

Reply to
Kay Lancaster

A collar that is meant to be worn with a tie is known as a stand collar because it has a 'stand' - the band around which the tie goes. The other part of the collar is called the fall.

Collars that do not have a stand go by many different names according to their style (such as Peter Pan, Bertha, etc).

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Kate Dicey

Maybe a shirt stand is called a henley when there is no fall attached or part of?

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A

A spray painted on a boxcar:

no a henley is a knit shirt ( T or waffle usually ) with a snap or button placket in the fron and no collar.

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Penny S

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