Snozberry

I never thought I'd find myself reading and agreeing with a fashion article, but times they are a changin'. This NYTimes article discusses the difficulty of designing and engineering shirt collars that are supposed to be worn without a tie. You see, collars have evolved to showcase the tie, so taking away the tie has caused some serious problems with the appearance of a collar after being worn for a couple of hours.

The problem is namely the crumpling and "falling down" of the collar. In my experience, it's a flimsy placket that causes the appearance of the collar to flag the most. Some of my shirts have wimpy plackets which wind up amost folding flat into an 'S' curve. This realy looks pretty crappy, as what you want is the collar to stand up a bit and create an airy sort of look - off your neck and chest.

The articles suggests a few obscenely expensive shirts that aren't as suceptible to the problem, but I suspect that the odds of me purchasing any of them anytime soon are close to zero.