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Related: About this forumAny of you guys remember Spiffy collar stays?
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SergeStorms
(18,880 posts)Wow? I thought I was old, but collar stays are before my time. Sorry.
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)that you inserted into the collar of a man's shirt - the collar actually had slits into which they fit. Those?
MyOwnPeace
(16,887 posts)full of those!
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)or are you a hoarder?
MyOwnPeace
(16,887 posts)just like that 1 damned sock!
SergeStorms
(18,880 posts)Mostly upscale dress shirts, but they're still out there. I think he means something like an old celluloid collar. Maybe not.
trof
(54,255 posts)lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)so, trof, why are you thinking about these things? Have you been drinking again?
trof
(54,255 posts)Naw, I just dredge these things up out of my memory.
I got one about cumberbunds.
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)Cumberbunds! oops, I got nothing.
trof
(54,255 posts)SergeStorms
(18,880 posts)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
(54,255 posts)Cotton dress shirt collars used to curl up and look sloppy.
Spiffies were THE answer.
SergeStorms
(18,880 posts)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
(54,255 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,282 posts)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.