Men's Collar Clips, Pins, Bars & More (Jewelry Style Guide)

About this video

The Gazette team provides a comprehensive guide to collar jewelry, covering its history from starched collar studs in the 19th century through modern styles like collar pins, bars, and clips. They explain the functional purpose of each type, discuss material construction and durability, and offer styling guidance for wearing collar jewelry in a classic menswear context.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team identifies five main types of collar jewelry—collar studs, tie retainers, collar tips, collar brooches, collar pins, collar bars, and collar clips—each with distinct historical origins and functional purposes
• The Gazette team argues that collar jewelry should be understated and worn underneath the tie knot with slimmer tie knots like the Four-in-Hand, and should not be worn with formal Black Tie or White Tie attire
• The Gazette team recommends plated precious metals (gold, rose gold, or silver-platinum) over solid base metals or solid precious metals, as plating offers durability, appearance, and cost-effectiveness; they note their Fort Belvedere collar jewelry uses thick two-micron plating layers

Episode details: published April 3, 2023 · 43K views · 23:55 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style guidance summarized here is the Gentleman’s Gazette team’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are theirs, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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