GERORGETS COLLAR TABS

Collar stays (sometimes known as collar sticks, bones, knuckles or tabs and in the UK, collar stiffeners) are shirt accessories.

Collar stays are smooth, rigid strips of metal (such as brass, stainless steel, or sterling silver), horn, baleen, mother of pearl, or plastic, rounded at one end and pointed at the other, inserted into specially made pockets on the underside of a man's shirt collar to stabilize the collar’s points. The stays ensure that the collar lies flat against the collarbone, looking crisp and remaining in the correct place. Often shirts come with plastic stays which can eventually need to be replaced if they bend, metal replacements don't have this problem.