Collar stays, the secret weapon of a 007 collar

The origin of the word comes from corset makers who, from the 16th century, used real whalebone as rods slipped into their corsets. With a flexible rigidity, this material allowed to hold while presenting a certain resistance to different tensions. From the 19th century, steel rods began to be used, more economical, but the term whalebones remained.

Ideal for those who don't want to bother. These are directly integrated into the collar of the shirt and you don't have to worry about them, you can pretend they're not there. You don't have to remove them when you put your shirt in the washing machine and they perform their function of holding the tips of the shirt collar.
In order to avoid breakage, they are generally very flexible and therefore do not hold the collar as well. The other disadvantage is that they risk becoming deformed more easily with successive washes.

This is the type of whalebone preferred by connoisseurs. You can remove and replace the whalebones from your shirt collars as you wish, by sliding them into the small slots provided for this purpose. Of course, you have to remove them before each wash and put them back once the shirt has been washed and ironed.
However, it doesn't require a lot of effort and will ensure good durability for your collar stays. And if, after a stunt worthy of the greatest, one of the stays still breaks or becomes deformed, you can change it, without your shirt having to suffer, thereby extending its lifespan.

At Hast, all our formal shirts are fitted with removable stays, which will ensure that your collar holds its points well.

If the collar stays that we systematically slip into Hast shirts are effective, there is something even more sophisticated: the removable mother-of-pearl stays. These very elegant accessories will give your collar points a superb rigidity and a little luxury that only you will know about... a bit like a secret weapon - and that is very classy.

So remember, for those of you (and I'm sure there are some) who have ever thrown away the little white plastic rods you find in the collar of Hast shirts thinking that they were, like pins, elements used for packaging or presenting the shirt, next time, think twice, we have placed them for you!