# Shirt collars

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shirt-collars/69689>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 21, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shirt-collars/69689 "2001-06-21T21:18:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Fizzgog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Fizzgog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fizzgog)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shirt-collars/69689/1 "2001-06-21T21:18:16Z")

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What are the plastic triangles in shirt collars called?

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**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shirt-collars/69689/2 "2001-06-21T21:26:49Z")

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My husband calls them collar stays.

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2001, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shirt-collars/69689/3 "2001-06-21T21:53:38Z")

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Yep, they’re called collar stays. In your better quality shirts, they are removable, so that they don’t get distorted during the laundry process, then reinserted after ironing(if you send your shirts out to be laundered, take them out first, or you’re likely to lose them).