Shirt Collar Styles for Men: A Complete Guide - Point, Spread, Cutaway & More

About this video

The Gazette team provides a comprehensive overview of dress shirt collar styles, covering the broad parameters that define collars—stiffness, height, size, and spread—before examining specific collar types from point collars to band collars. They explain how each collar style functions in different contexts, how to choose collars based on face shape and formality level, and discuss both classic and contemporary collar variations.

Key takeaways

• The Gazette team argues that collar stiffness, height, size, and spread are the four main parameters that determine a collar’s appearance and appropriateness for different occasions, with softer collars being more casual and stiffer collars more professional
• The Gazette team recommends matching collar size to face shape—larger collars for round or large faces, and collar spread in opposition to face width to create balance and flattering proportions
• The Gazette team notes that point collars are the most versatile option for business wear across various face shapes, while spread collars have become popular in European business dress and cutaway or band collars are appropriate for more casual or formal specialized occasions

Episode details: published January 20, 2020 · 215K views · 21:08 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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