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ask ldopa: collar stays

September 11th, 2006

Dear ldopa,

Sadly, I no longer have a job where it’s acceptable to every day wear ripped t-shirts and camouflage shorts. Thus, I have bought some nice shirts. However, as soon as I purchased the nice shirts, seconds after at my estimation, I lost the collar stays (the little plastic things that “stay” in the “collar”, you know — collar stays).

Where can I buy some of these suckers? Grocery store seems to be a big no.

Thanks,

~jeff

Nick

Time to take up knitting. Collar stays are readily available at a fabric store near you, along with 1000s of buttons, snaps, zippers, and other vestment-centric items.

Find one near you: http://sewing.about.com/library/weekly/aa072299.htm
Jim

Where’d you buy the shirts? I’d think that store would also carry collar stays. Or anyplace where fine clothing is sold.

I recently also lost my collar stays and didn’t have time to go out searching for some. So I was forced to improvise. I cut some from the heavy cardboard at the back of a notepad. Worked pretty good, too.
http://incomplete.net Jon Land

This image looks like it’s supposed to be an “Awareness Ribbon”, but instead of representing AIDS or Breast Cancer, it would be for Slob Awareness.

I will create a prototype to wear for my next awards ceremony appearance.
http://www.militantplatypus.com/blog Militantplatypus

http://www.amazon.com/Collar-Stays-Dress-Shirts/dp/B00007LBZR

Make sure you check the size as well, they come in different lenghts.
http://homebysix.blogspot.com Elliot

Ha! The first thing I do when I buy shirts is take those things off and throw them away. I thought it was just part of the packing material.
http://ldopa.net Jeff

Sure, Evan, I’ll just get my manservant to do it.
http://incomplete.net Jon Land

I firmly believe that if you can’t “iron” a shirt by cranking the hot water in the shower, putting the shirt on the towel rack, and closing the door for 20 minutes, it’s not a shirt worth wearing.

Then again on a scale of kempt to disheveled I come in at “Columbo”.
Jimmy

Hmmm… not bad. The post is over 48hrs old and the discussion has yet to deteriorate into a bitch fight over somebody’s favorite contestant on “Project Runway”. I know what a hot-button the topic of fashion is to the folks at LDopa. Well, if Jeff is any indicator, anyway.
Jason

Buy a set of steel collar stays & keep em in your sock drawer. They can go through the washer & dryer, and keep your collars looking great for years.

Here’s a set for $10:
http://item.express.ebay.com/12-STAINLESS-STEEL-COLLAR-STAYS-TABS-STRAIGHT-STIFFENER_W0QQitemZ140029048665QQihZ004QQcmdZExpressItem
http://ldopa.net Jeff

SOLD. Thanks, Jay.

~jeff
http://incomplete.net Jon Land

Jeff, as your lawyer, I advise you to shave the points of the steel collar stays down to act as shivs, should you find yourself in jail. Those look like they’d make great shivs.
http://ldopa.net Jeff

Jon Land is a great lawyer, but nearly all of his legal advice involves “shivs”, “shanks”, or “socks filled with D-Cell batteries”.
http://incomplete.net Jon Land

That’s what it says on ‘Ask Jeeves’.
Jimmy

Soap in a pillowcase will leave fewer discernible bruises.

…daddy drank.
http://incomplete.net Jon Land

Do you know how hard it is to get a billiard ball into prison? Just thinking about it makes my prostate throb.
Molly

I would maybe try the dry cleaners. They would probably give you a bunch for free- holding you over just long enough for your boyfriend Jason’s steel shirt stays to arrive.
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