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Every guide we have written on clergy shirts & collars. Browse all 8 guides
Four causes, four different fixes. A diagnostic table matching where the collar rubs to why, plus neck measuring, collar height, filing a rough edge, barriers and when the problem is really the shirt.
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Right for warm weather, outdoors, the hospital and under the alb; wrong under a jacket and at anything formal. The cloths that breathe, the...
Collar first: neck plus two fingers, rounded up to the half inch. Then slim, classic or full cut by the shape of your body,...
Black is right everywhere. Purple belongs to bishops, scarlet to cardinals, and grey, blue and white to anyone. Which shade means what in the...
Warm water and washing-up liquid does most of it. What to use on scuffs and ink, why the dishwasher warps a plastic collar, how...
Wash temperatures fabric by fabric, how to lift the grey line at the neckband, what to do about foundation transfer and underarm yellowing, and...
A side-by-side comparison of the two commonest clergy shirt collars: how each looks under vestments, how each wears over a three-hour service, what each...
Four collar systems, five materials and six measurements. What separates a tab from a band, which height suits your neck, and what shirt colour...
