Tab collar

Tab collar shows a small tab buttoning collar points together under the tie.

Spread leaves open without tab. Button-down anchors points to the shirt body.

Tab collar articles describe the hidden tab that lifts the tie knot on dress shirts.[1] Museum shirt photography shows detachable collars including tab variants on cotton shirting.[2] Dress shirt histories place tab among mid-century business collar cuts.[3]

Ivy and 1960s business dress favored tab collars with four-in-hand ties.[1] Tab differs from Piccadilly stiff wings.[2] Plain interlining holds tab collar shape.[3]

Today tab collar appears on classic menswear, vintage dress shirts, and niche women's tailoring in cotton.[1][3] Tab collar needs a tie to hide the fastening.[2] When collar points tab together under the tie—tab collar applies.[3]

Classic business shirts, vintage menswear, Ivy dress, and formal shirting.[1]

Tab collar requires a tie—the tab hides beneath the knot.[2] White tab-collar shirt reads mid-century corporate.[1]

Spread has open points. Button-down pins to shirt. Shirt collar is generic.[1]

Tab collar reads Ivy League, mid-century, and tie-required. Tab-collar Oxford reads American classic.

Tab collar vs spread? Tab fastens points; spread leaves open.[1]

Tab collar without tie? Looks unfinished—the tab shows.[2]

Tab collar vs button-down? Button-down anchors to shirt; tab connects points under tie.[1]