Why you are a chump if you ever BUY NEW COLLAR STAYS
For whatever reason, in the last 3 days I got hundreds of (remarkably polite) requests specifically to repost this. That seems both odd and almost as if I am breaking some standard by recycling old materials. Luckily, as a third-rate blogger, I am unrestrained by pesky controls like common sense, ethics, professionalism, good taste, "standards", gravity, and obviously the second law of thermal dynamics.
I'll have a new post shortly.
The following excerpt is from the original HERE, Originally Posted January 27, 2009
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Still, after losing a bunch of [collar] stays, I was forced to buy a new small vile of them at Brooks Brothers, for about $14. It seemed expensive at the time for tiny plastic tabs, but I didn't want the ends of my collars to break formation when I have them flanking a tie. After I lost that entire supply, the solution came to me on a business trip.
I had lost the pair I brought with me, and was feeling a bit hopeless. I looked around the room, and next to the small coffee maker, were some cocktail straws and my room key card.
It seemed simple enough. I doubled it and put the point into the stay slot. They would have to do. I asked the front desk to send up some scissors (though I suppose nail clippers could have been used... slowly).
It worked. On the second day, I cut the room key to pieces and used it to fabricate new plastic stays. I then remembered paying $14 for a few of these, as I sat with a new pair for free.
It worked out perfectly. Now, I just keep the room key that the hotels give me, and make a few new pair each time I need them... for free.
I have no problem with the luxury models of collar stays, but they are just not for me. It's not a style issue, its practicality.
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For whatever reason, in the last 3 days I got hundreds of (remarkably polite) requests specifically to repost this. That seems both odd and almost as if I am breaking some standard by recycling old materials. Luckily, as a third-rate blogger, I am unrestrained by pesky controls like common sense, ethics, professionalism, good taste, "standards", gravity, and obviously the second law of thermal dynamics.
I'll have a new post shortly.
The following excerpt is from the original HERE, Originally Posted January 27, 2009
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[...]
Still, after losing a bunch of [collar] stays, I was forced to buy a new small vile of them at Brooks Brothers, for about $14. It seemed expensive at the time for tiny plastic tabs, but I didn't want the ends of my collars to break formation when I have them flanking a tie. After I lost that entire supply, the solution came to me on a business trip.
I had lost the pair I brought with me, and was feeling a bit hopeless. I looked around the room, and next to the small coffee maker, were some cocktail straws and my room key card.
It seemed simple enough. I doubled it and put the point into the stay slot. They would have to do. I asked the front desk to send up some scissors (though I suppose nail clippers could have been used... slowly).
It worked. On the second day, I cut the room key to pieces and used it to fabricate new plastic stays. I then remembered paying $14 for a few of these, as I sat with a new pair for free.
It worked out perfectly. Now, I just keep the room key that the hotels give me, and make a few new pair each time I need them... for free.
I have no problem with the luxury models of collar stays, but they are just not for me. It's not a style issue, its practicality.
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