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

[Umberger]

mine tend to fall out in the washer and dryer, so if i remember, i take them out.

 

[bhanson]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
You such at teh "picture machine."

A touch, a touch, I do confess.

 

[jimbob200521]

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.

How?

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: jimbob200521
How?

Texture and stitching, and sometimes color.

 

[jimbob200521]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby

Originally posted by: jimbob200521
How?

Texture and stitching, and sometimes color.

Mhm, most of them look about the same to me. *shugs*

 

[EyeMWing]

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.

$40/shirt is a total bitch. Not a big deal if you dress up for funerals and weddings, not a big deal if you've got that high-paying job that involves doing nothing while wearing the said shirt except sitting behind a desk, but for those of us still on the ground floor, our $10 shirts work out just as well.

Just about once a week, I'm giving some kind of formal presentation as part of my major. But I can't slip off home, or back to the dorm, or whatever to change. I have to either live in that shirt, or throw it in the trunk of my car and change in the bathroom when the time comes. My dress clothes live in a box in the trunk of my car - with motor oil, textbooks, and other assorted junk sliding and bouncing around back there. They're a little more wrinkled than some people would like, and sometimes don't get washed between uses, but there are 3 shirts (one white, one gray, one blue), 3 pairs of pants (khakis, black, black/wool), 3 ties (two gray, one black), and 1 jacket matching the wool pants, for those ultra-formal occasions.

Let me describe for you an average "I need to dress up" day for you:
7AM - Wake up, ******/shower/shave, throw on some cargo pants and a tshirt, grab laptop, get in car, go.
8AM - Early morning sysadmin stuff. Get things lined up for the day, make sure nothing exploded.
9AM - Class
10AM - Class
Noon - Go with friends to lunch. Probably somewhere greasy and fattening.
12:50 - Realize this is the last free moment between now and the presentation, grab getup from car, pick a bathroom stall, and get changed.
1PM - Class
2PM - Get SEVERELY dirty doing a manual computer refurb on a unit that looked clean on the outside, but turned out to be caked in human feces on the inside
3PM - Wash hands.
5PM - Presentation
6PM - Sysadmin work. Usually, this seems to be a server rebuild or some equally filthy job.
9PM - "Lets go get some dinner." More greasy, fattening stuff.
Midnight - Vaguely consider going home.

Does this sound like the kind of activity you want to expose a $40 shirt to, ESPECIALLY as a college student, who can't afford to replace such luxury goods?

I can replace my entire dress wardrobe for what you'd spend on a week's worth of shirts, and, when they're new at least, I probably look just as good as you do.

 

[jmagnum]

Wow, I never thought I'd see this question addressed! I have always taken my plastic tabs off and have never had a problem w/ the collar warping or anything like that. I also press my shirts so I'm not sure how that would be an issue. Hmm...I may leave it in next time--especially since the tabs are available for purchase! Interesting...

 

[tweakmm]

LMAO at all the people who don't know what collar stays are.

 

[smack Down]

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.

Tell me again why I would care if someone knows I didn't waste money on a shirt.

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: smack Down

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.

Tell me again why I would care if someone knows I didn't waste money on a shirt.

A nice shirt is hardly a waste. My nice egyptian cotton shirts($50+) feel soooo nice on my skin, much much more so than my cheaper shirts.

 

[HaxorNubcake]

Originally posted by: tweakmm
LMAO at all the people who don't know what collar stays are.

LMAO at all the pretentious pricks

(i do have shirts with collar stays for the record)

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: HaxorNubcake

Originally posted by: tweakmm
LMAO at all the people who don't know what collar stays are.

LMAO at all the pretentious pricks

(i do have shirts with collar stays for the record)

I was mainly laughing at this guy:

Originally posted by: 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]

I am not however denying that I'm a pretentious prick.:laugh:

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing

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.

$40/shirt is a total bitch. Not a big deal if you dress up for funerals and weddings, not a big deal if you've got that high-paying job that involves doing nothing while wearing the said shirt except sitting behind a desk, but for those of us still on the ground floor, our $10 shirts work out just as well.

Just about once a week, I'm giving some kind of formal presentation as part of my major. But I can't slip off home, or back to the dorm, or whatever to change. I have to either live in that shirt, or throw it in the trunk of my car and change in the bathroom when the time comes. My dress clothes live in a box in the trunk of my car - with motor oil, textbooks, and other assorted junk sliding and bouncing around back there. They're a little more wrinkled than some people would like, and sometimes don't get washed between uses, but there are 3 shirts (one white, one gray, one blue), 3 pairs of pants (khakis, black, black/wool), 3 ties (two gray, one black), and 1 jacket matching the wool pants, for those ultra-formal occasions.

Let me describe for you an average "I need to dress up" day for you:
7AM - Wake up, ******/shower/shave, throw on some cargo pants and a tshirt, grab laptop, get in car, go.
8AM - Early morning sysadmin stuff. Get things lined up for the day, make sure nothing exploded.
9AM - Class
10AM - Class
Noon - Go with friends to lunch. Probably somewhere greasy and fattening.
12:50 - Realize this is the last free moment between now and the presentation, grab getup from car, pick a bathroom stall, and get changed.
1PM - Class
2PM - Get SEVERELY dirty doing a manual computer refurb on a unit that looked clean on the outside, but turned out to be caked in human feces on the inside
3PM - Wash hands.
5PM - Presentation
6PM - Sysadmin work. Usually, this seems to be a server rebuild or some equally filthy job.
9PM - "Lets go get some dinner." More greasy, fattening stuff.
Midnight - Vaguely consider going home.

Does this sound like the kind of activity you want to expose a $40 shirt to, ESPECIALLY as a college student, who can't afford to replace such luxury goods?

I can replace my entire dress wardrobe for what you'd spend on a week's worth of shirts, and, when they're new at least, I probably look just as good as you do.

Don't worry he is just being a f0cking idiot.

You dress for the occasion and what you end up doing. Certainly when I was at student I had a quite a few shirts but not as much as I do now. I wear formal 5x a week.

I live them in as I can't be bothered to take them out. Anyway the store I bought them from gives out a spare pair with more up market shirts.

It isn't about the dam name. It is about the fit. I find more upmarket places have a lot of different sizes that fit 'you' properly. Big neck, upperbody, and thin waist = hard to shop at some shops properly. The big neck shirts usually have a really fat body to fit and it looks ridiculous on me. BUT I do find them sometimes and I'll get a pair . Just depends on what stores you go to.

The more pricey shirts are better made and the material does feel better but it is probably not worth it when you make a complete comparison. I bought 5 when they were on sale :thumbsup:. 4 for £100 isn't too bad imo. One for £50 is too pricey when I already have 10+ shirts.

Koing

 

[Plasdom]

i always thought they were part of the packaging and took them off as soon as i got home from the store

 

[LSUfan]

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.

What are you stopping this shirt from doing?

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: LSUfan
What are you stopping this shirt from doing?

LMAO. Spot. Spot a cheap shirt.

 

[Savij]

Ok, listen up. They stay in the shirt when you wear them they come out when you wash or send them to the cleaners. They go back in when you wear them again...Always no questions. If you perfer to remove them while wearing, some shirts will look ok, some wont. It's up to you, but that's the way they're intended to be worn in and taken out for the wash.