When you wash dress shirts, do you take the plastic tabs off the collar?

[dquan97]

I normally don't take it out, but I wonder if those tabs need to be taken out....

 

[EyeMWing]

... what plastic tabs?

*consult dress shirts*
I see no plastic tabs. If there ever WERE plastic tabs, I, and everyone else I know, remove them before wearing.

 

[loup garou]

They start to crack and bend after a while. I never remember to, though, so I bought a big thing of replacements at Century 21 for like $3.

 

[Heisenberg]

Plastic tabs?

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
... what plastic tabs?

*consult dress shirts*
I see no plastic tabs. If there ever WERE plastic tabs, I, and everyone else I know, remove them before wearing.

QFT.

[psychic flash]
I see a pwnage in the OP's future.
[/psychic flash]

 

[JLGatsby]

I am self employed, I don't wear dress shirts.

Polos and khakis every day.

 

[loup garou]

Collar stays, geniuses.

 

[bhanson]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
what plastic tabs?

 

[JLGatsby]

I think I know what he's talking about.

There are small plastic tabs in some dress shirts around the collar.

Most of the cheap brands do not have these. Most of you probably buy your dress shirts from JC Penny anyway.

 

[Mo0o]

I never remember to and they start warping after awhile.

 

[bhanson]

So that's what that pocket is for. One sec, let me photograph one.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
Most of you probably buy your dress shirts from JC Penny anyway.

I know I do. My dress shirts from department stores work just fine and I don't have to drop a boatload of cash for a couple shirts.

 

[TheBDB]

I always thought those were part of the packaging and removed them before wearing.

 

[ironcrotch]

I usually do. If you wash them with them in there they get messed up.

For people who don't know what they are, they are these plastic tabs that fit into the collar to keep it straight.

 

[EvilYoda]

They're not going to melt, just warp a little maybe, in which case you can always buy replacements of varying qualities...mine stay in the shirt when it gets washed.

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: Feldenak
I know I do. My dress shirts from department stores work just fine and I don't have to drop a boatload of cash for a couple shirts.

JC Penny's is a low level "department store." Almost like a discount department store. Somewhere such as Macy's, Nordstrom, or Saks is respectable.

 

[ghostman]

collar stays

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: Feldenak
I know I do. My dress shirts from department stores work just fine and I don't have to drop a boatload of cash for a couple shirts.

JC Penny's is a low level "department store." Almost like a discount department store. Somewhere such as Macy's, Nordstrom, or Saks is respectable.

Yeah, I'm always worried that someone at work will sneak up on me to check the tags on my work shirts.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

banana republic gave me metal ones =)

but i dry clean my shirts anyway

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: Feldenak
Yeah, I'm always worried that someone at work will sneak up on me to check the tags on my work shirts.

I myself can stop a cheap shirt from an expensive one just at a glance.

 

[bhanson]

Shirt

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: Feldenak
Yeah, I'm always worried that someone at work will sneak up on me to check the tags on my work shirts.

I myself can stop a cheap shirt from an expensive one just at a glance.

Well, the CEO, CFO, Controller, and IT Manager at my workplace don't seem to mind or notice. I think all my work shirts came from Pennys or Dillards.

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: bhanson
Shirt

You such at teh "picture machine."

 

[BornStar]

Originally posted by: ghostman
collar stays

I was going to comment that none of my stays are the same size but they seem to have me covered on that. The Joseph A Banks stays are the really weird ones.

In response to the OP, I always remove mine. It just seems logical.

 

[BDawg]

My Robert Talbott shirts come with metal ones. And as someone mentioned earlier, they're collar stays. They should come out before you wash or take the shirt to the cleaners.