The tie keeper may also contain a few instructions on how to clean your tie. Attempts at washing neckwear by conventional means often result in the subsequent use of the article as part of the wardrobe of your pre-pubescent niece's Ken doll. Collar Bars, Pins, Tabs Appendages to the collar are another item of fashion that make sporadic appearances. The purpose of this class of device is unabashedly to enhance presentation of the knot, a very worthy endeavour indeed. Collar pins can be used with an ordinary shirt, and consist of a straight bar whose slitted ends are slipped over each side of the collar, bringing it together slightly.
Collar pins are specialist items requiring a shirt with a button-holed collar.
They usually consist of a chain or bar with screw-on studs to fasten the collar onto the pin. Lastly, shirts with collar tabs are available, whose collars have little flaps which press-stud together underneath the tie. These became more popular recently on shirts with white collars that contrast with the shaded or striped body of the shirt. It is naff, dreary, and common. Sir Hardie admits to enjoying having a good blow on white silk, by the way.