Very simple shirt studs.

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Noble Savage
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Sun May 06, 2012 11:19 am

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I recently came across this set. Are these for morning dress, from a time when studs were worn with such?
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Sat May 12, 2012 10:45 pm

Just a guess but these look to me like a complete range of studs for various types of shirts, presented as a set.
From left to right: two back studs for all types of shirts (or a back stud and a front stud for a soft collar – hard to say as they appear to be the same length --, third from left (“dress collar” – whatever that means, perhaps a wing collar --) looks like a front stud for a soft collar, the last three being what they say (I would guess that “dress front” refers to a wing collar).
Alternatively, from left to right: a (universal?) back stud and a range of front studs for all possible collars as described
I only wear soft detachable collars; my back studs look like the two specimens on the left, the front ones like the “dress collar” one, except that mine have a mother of pearl base with the shaft in brass with a tip that swivels.
Why not show this to New & Lingwood or any other traditional shirtmaker and ask them?
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Sat May 12, 2012 11:44 pm

So in other words, studs for attaching collars only, not for wearing on the shirt front.
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Sun May 13, 2012 8:14 am

Concordia wrote:So in other words, studs for attaching collars only, not for wearing on the shirt front.
Yes. I think they are purely functional, not meant to be seen or to decorate a shirt front, except, perhaps, the two rightmost ones but I doubt it: they are as plain as the others.
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Sun May 13, 2012 8:24 pm

They would simply look like a plain version of these:

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Sun May 13, 2012 10:28 pm

Noble Savage wrote:They would simply look like a plain version of these:

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The two on the right, possibly (but why only two?). The others are collar studs.
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Tue May 15, 2012 2:09 pm

Frog in Suit wrote:The two on the right, possibly (but why only two?).
Most dress shirts take two studs that show on the front.
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