Tab Collars: Do You Own Any?

[Quirk]

I don't see tab collars much these days, but I've noticed in recent days that they seem to be a favorite of a certain ex-Governor.

 

[MrDaniels]

Originally Posted by Quirk

I don't see tab collars much these days, but I've noticed in recent days that they seem to be a favorite of a certain ex-Governor.

Hey! He isn't the ex-governor yet! Give it at least another 10-15 minutes!!!

 

[Cordovan]

Rumsfeld would wear them too if you recall. Another option is to wear a collar bar under your tie with a straight collar, effectively making it into a tab collar.

Cordovan

 

[Quirk]

Do you think they had them made? I suppose Spitzer's gangly enough (and wealthy enough) that he might wear bespoke from head to toe. I can't remember seeing them for sale in the longest while, but maybe they usually just don't register with me.

 

[Manton]

I like and own tab collar shirts.

But, more importantly, re: Spitzer, that is a textbook example of the politician's repp. Study it. Learn it. Know it.

 

[MrDaniels]

I am glad that Spitzer's replacement is legally blind, or I would not be able to forgive the fact that he wears Windsor knots with button-down collars.

 

[dba]

I saw J.Crew was pushing the tab collar on their website. I remember seeing someone else advertising tab collar shirts as well. Maybe it's poised for a comeback. I was never a fan.

 

[greg_atlanta]

It's an early 90s look. It works OK with a medium width tie and a tight knot.

 

[dba]

BTW, did anyone else notice the eerie similarity in appearance between his wife and his lady of the night (minus the wrinkles)?

 

[acidboy]

tab collars.... I heard that's what the ladies who go to the Mayflower Hotel like.

 

[Crowlin]

Originally Posted by greg_atlanta

It's an early 90s look.
True, it is a more early-90s look. It is also an American phenomena: I can not recall ever seeing them elsewhere. I know I have never seen them here in the UK, or in Italy.

 

[Holdfast]

Originally Posted by Crowlin

True, it is a more early-90s look. It is also an American phenomena: I can not recall ever seeing them elsewhere. I know I have never seen them here in the UK, or in Italy.

I had a Polo tab shirt bought more recently (around the turn of the decade). Never truly adjusted to wearing it though and gave it away a couple of years ago. I might get another at some stage, but it's a long, long way down the list.

 

[Sander]

I always notice them on Germany's foreign secretary Frank-Walter Steinmeier:

I never thought of this looks as something linked to a certain period or a certain country. Maybe that's a sign for his secret love for America?

 

[Mr_Sweden]

Originally Posted by Mr Sand

I always notice them on Germany's foreign secretary Frank-Walter Steinmeier:

I never thought of this looks as something linked to a certain period or a certain country. Maybe that's a sign for his secret love for America?

Many German men favor the tab collar, for example Rolf Breuer, former CEO of Deutsche Bank.

/Mr S

 

[Mark Seitelman]

Originally Posted by Quirk

Do you think they had them made? I suppose Spitzer's gangly enough (and wealthy enough) that he might wear bespoke from head to toe. I can't remember seeing them for sale in the longest while, but maybe they usually just don't register with me.

No. Strictly RTW, Brooks Bros. type of guy.

I read that he once tried a pale blue shirt, but he reverted back to white. He didn't feel comfortable in anything but a white shirt.