Anatomy of the Collar: How to customize a shirt’s collar

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Great style catches everyone’s attention. To become more stylish, you'd need to master the basics. Let's start with arguably the most important part of the shirt: The Collar.
The collar may be considered as the greatest determinant of style in a dress shirt. It is the frame that enhances your facial features.

Anatomy of Collar
Back Height – the height of the collar as it sits on the neck
Tie Space – the area above the collar button
Collar Band – the fabric that loops around the neck
Point Length – the distance from the collar band to the collar point
Collar Spread – the distance between the collar points
Collars are typically and historically used to show individuality. The collar style balances our facial attributes and improves our facial strengths.

Here are several ways to customize your collars for your Modern Tailor shirt:
1) Choose the collar lining
For a more formal look, choose a stiff collar lining.
For a more relaxed appearance, choose common to soft collar lining.
2) Collar Stay
Choose a sewn- in collar stay to permanently stabilize the collar points. The more flexible option however is to choose a removable collar stay.
3) Back height Collar Button
Back height collar button is not just there as an accessory, but to keep the collar from flapping, especially for those who are physically active.
4) Contrast Collar or contrast internal collar
Show ingenuity by adding different colors.

There are surely a lot of ways to elevate the style of your dress shirt by customizing your collar style. So we invite you to sign up and experiment with the designs you can create to differentiate yourself.
A man who knows himself has a unique sense of style.

Below is a quick guide on how you can customize your collar style using Modern Tailor's unique online control panel.

After choosing your fabric, customizing the collar is the second step in designing a Modern Tailor shirt. 

Select which collar style you’d like to proceed with.


The last section is choosing your collar lining and collar stay. You can also change its color and add a button on back height. Another option in this step is adding a tie.





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