Arrow Collars

[Old Fogey UK]

What was an Arrow Collar like Cole Porter sang about ?
Can you still get them ?

 

[3PieceSuitGuy]

Try Ebay.

There are always a few for sale on Ebay, just obviously depends on what your size is, but they are basically the same as the detachable collars you can get in the UK, just the famous US version.

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

There was an Arrow shirt company (I think the company still exists) and I guess they made detachable collars as well as shirts.

My grandfather was actually a shirt model for the Arrow shirt company in the 1920s, although I bet it would be hard to recognize him in a vintage ad and I don't have any with him in it.

 

[Old Fogey UK]

Thanks.
However, what was special about Arrow Collars ? Were they an unusual shape or something ?

 

[Matt Deckard]

They were the high end US brand of the time.

Now they have really lost their way and I haven't seen an all cotton shirt from them in a long long time.