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'Spearpoint' collar shirt

esteban68

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Another charity shop find again this time it was quite expensive at £1.50, I am sure it's no earlier than 1980? but I don't think it's far off at least the English version of the spear point collar, what do others think?
The only 'damage' was/is to one of the cuff buttons on one of the cuffs which I've removed and will see if the tiny marks will wash and iron out.
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I don't think it's far off at least the English version of the spear point collar, what do others think?
It's a regular point collar but I could see how in a land awash with cutaway collars that this one might have you hallucinating.;)
 

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To be fair the pictures pretty rubbish and on it is far more noticeable, I agree that the vast majority of modern shirts are almost flat fronted and I hate the look(they seem to have got wider and flatter over the last two years?)
At 43 I've worn pretty much all types of shirts including the 'wing' collars we had over here in the late 60's to late 70's, this one is definately not a standard collar, the dimensions of the collar are pretty much the same as the seperate collars produced by Darcy( CO132), in that the points are
2 3/4" and the back just under 1 1/2" by about 2/16ths as to angle of points not sure but when worn the points are a tad under 2 1/2" with just under 1/4" at the collar top.
To my eye it's pretty close to an 'English' shirt collar of the period 1920-1950 obviously it's not as exagerated or curved as some American versions(obviously I am definately no expert and still somewhat of a newbie.
 
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Marc Chevalier

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To my eye it's pretty close to an 'English' shirt collar of the period 1920-1950 obviously it's not as exagerated or curved as some American versions(obviously I am definately no expert and still somewhat of a newbie.


Fair enough ... but you might be surprised to hear that the collars in the photo below are vintage British ones.

[CORRECTION: In fact, all three collars below are reproductions of original vintage ones. The longest collar was reproduced from a British original, and the other two collars were based on unmarked ones. Thanks to Nick D., the repro collars' maker, for alerting me!]


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On this one when worn there's hardly enough room for a tie knot, the only way I could get one in was by using a very narrow wool Vardoc tied small.
Those 80's Armani collars were meant to accommodate their thin bottleneck ties which tied a very small knot.
 

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I remember those narrow ties(couldn't afford Armani then) many of the ties over here were sinlge colour wool usually red or white IIRC often very shiney faux silk.
I had a red and a white one to go with my grey wool suit with narrow lapels and black patent winklepickers, you couldn't get in a pub in my home town without a suit or shirt and tie back then and no trainers(sneakers) until about 1990-ish!
 

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