How to Make Instant Dress Shirt Collar Stays - Men's Style Video Tips

About this video

Centeno explains what collar stays are and why they’re useful for maintaining shirt collar points throughout the day. He then demonstrates a DIY workaround using expired credit cards or plastic cards to create instant collar stays when traveling or when proper stays aren’t available.

Key takeaways

• Centeno argues that collar stays prevent shirt collars from rolling after ironing and starching, which typically begins within a couple of hours
• Centeno recommends owning precious metal collar stays when possible, though he acknowledges plastic ones are practical since they won’t damage shirts during washing
• Centeno teaches that you can create emergency collar stays by cutting an expired credit card or plastic grocery card into a pointed shape to fit inside collar points
• Centeno advises removing DIY stays before washing to avoid leaving marks or creases on dress shirts

Episode details: published June 27, 2011 · 89K views · 2:24 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style advice summarized here is Antonio Centeno’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are his, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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