tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724427559102288668.post3770275219654716388..comments2023-10-26T03:06:24.941-07:00Comments on Notes From The Victorian Man: How to to Give Your Collars a Good, Heavy StarchingBrianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04508551135312149725noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724427559102288668.post-34248489758035282972017-02-26T19:16:41.598-08:002017-02-26T19:16:41.598-08:00Side note, It's worth noting that as awesome a...Side note, It's worth noting that as awesome as tailor's hams are, for some unfathomable reason the commercially made one like we have are partly covered in a synthetic fabric that will melt if the iron directly touches it. Why, I cannot tell you. <br />Amy Lieberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847482592012966279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724427559102288668.post-14607830707057234702017-02-26T18:15:50.417-08:002017-02-26T18:15:50.417-08:00Wow! Thanks for the info!Wow! Thanks for the info!Peter Kolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10976323779969418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724427559102288668.post-45776650261978770692017-02-26T17:45:17.738-08:002017-02-26T17:45:17.738-08:00Thank you for checking it out!Thank you for checking it out!Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04508551135312149725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724427559102288668.post-37016297987076098762017-02-26T17:44:40.373-08:002017-02-26T17:44:40.373-08:00Hey Pete! Thanks for looking! Once you iron it cur...Hey Pete! Thanks for looking! Once you iron it curved as you go, it will stand up on its own in the shape that it will be when fastened to the shirt.<br /><br />Yes- in Naonmi's photo, that is an 1890s style fold over collar. I'm wearing a standing collar (earlier in the century but there will still standing collar styles in the 1890s) in this post:<br /><br />http://notesfromthevictorianman.blogspot.com/2013/11/update-bias-cut-striped-waistcoat.html<br /><br />Have not tried other sorts of starch yet.<br /><br />And not sure specifically about what was used at home during the period but later in the century, detachable collars were often sent out to be starched and pressed commercially. Check this out:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQomHuyyCHw&list=PL377tfZ7lNToiXNLRbDE7v2Al1GYzz_0C&index=6<br /><br />The scrap of fabric between the layers on a fold over collar is to prevent the layers from fusing when pressed into shape (I learned the hard way). The ironing board itself doesn't become an issue because you are pressing it over the "ham."<br /><br />And unfortunately I have not taken photos of the attachment process! Shirts that are made to take the collars have a narrow band collar built in with a buttonhole at the center back and a buttonhole on EACH front end (where it would usually button closed on a modern shirt). The detachable collar has buttonholes in the corresponding locations. Collar studs, e.g.:<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/DanZworld-Metal-Collar-Stud-Studs/dp/B00WQ2FZSM/ref=cts_ap_1_vtp?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=2897711222&pf_rd_r=AY0VYSD1TWD9RG55RSEB&pd_rd_wg=rNuay&pf_rd_s=desktop-detail-softlines&pf_rd_t=40701&pd_rd_i=B00WQ2FZSM&pd_rd_w=x7U6M&pf_rd_i=desktop-detail-softlines&pd_rd_r=AY0VYSD1TWD9RG55RSEB&_encoding=UTF8<br /><br />pass through the buttonholes and the shirt and then through the corresponding holes on the collar, securing it in place.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04508551135312149725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724427559102288668.post-19643258734721956592017-02-19T22:18:34.795-08:002017-02-19T22:18:34.795-08:00Awesome read. Thank you.Awesome read. Thank you.Mark Willoughby Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356677108890577979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724427559102288668.post-19607056751918737602017-02-19T20:25:45.994-08:002017-02-19T20:25:45.994-08:00Lovely!
Very much curious here.
I'm curious ...Lovely!<br /><br />Very much curious here.<br /><br />I'm curious what the end result of "...working it into a curved shape as you go..." looks like before it's attached to the shirt.<br /><br />In Naomi's photo, are you wearing the "later, fold-over" type of collar? Do you have a photo where you're wearing the other sort (whatever its name is)?<br /><br />Have you tried other sorts of starch?<br /><br />Would Victorian-era people have soaked their collars in jars? (pans? pails?)<br /><br />The bit of scrap beneath your collar as you're ironing - does that serve to keep your collar clean by separating it from a stained ironing board, or is it simply a bit of padding to keep the bottom reasonably flat, because an old unpadded ironing board might leave a patterned impression?<br /><br />I would also *love* to see photos showing how the collar attaches and is worn!Peter Kolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10976323779969418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5724427559102288668.post-14945492403126900542017-02-19T20:22:06.736-08:002017-02-19T20:22:06.736-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Peter Kolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10976323779969418333noreply@blogger.com