What to wear with a tab shirt?

[Coemgen]

...What's a tab shirt?

This:

[sharpdressedscot]

Oh, I always wondered what they were called. Thanks!

[thescot]

This:

Actually, that is not a tab collar. That's a full collar with rabat, I think. A rabat is a vest like article that has a stand up, split collar showing the white full collar.

Go here and scroll down: http://www.almy.com/rabats.html

A tab collar is exactly that: a stand-up collar with slits into which you place a white tab that leaves a little white square.

You can see tab collars here: http://www.almy.com/menshirt.html

This is probably way too much information, but you did ask!

And, BTW, I agree that an argyle style would look excellent with a tab or ful collar. I wear a full collar when called upon to do so, in either gray or black, and it always looks sharp with a kilt.

[James MacMillan]

This is probably way too much information, but you did ask!

And, BTW, I agree that an argyle style would look excellent with a tab or ful collar. I wear a full collar when called upon to do so, in either gray or black, and it always looks sharp with a kilt.

I agree, and thanks!!!

[auld argonian]

The "notched" collar that we see here has always been referred to as a "Roman Collar" hereabouts. The collar where a white band goes all the way around the top of the shirt has been referred to as a "Parson's Collar".

You can't go wrong with basic black. Let's not forget that the adoption of the religious habit is meant to signify, if not a rejection of worldliness, then a de-emphasis of it. Once upon a time anything but black was only allowed for missionaries in tropical places where a black habit would have turned them into mobile solar ovens.

There are a couple of variations on the shape of the collar in some of the Roman Catholic religious orders. The Christian Brothers, for example, wear a collar with a sort of a split white dickey depending from the notch. One could always spot different orders by the collar variations. Nowadays, I think that they try to keep it simple.

Best

AA

[ardchoille]

Thank for all the replies I found a couple nice jackets and am going to attempt to customise them using some of the DIY threads. I used to hate sewing but I'm looking forward to this as a fun project.

These boards ROCK!

[Coemgen]

Actually, that is not a tab collar. That's a full collar with rabat, I think. A rabat is a vest like article that has a stand up, split collar showing the white full collar.

Go here and scroll down: http://www.almy.com/rabats.html

A tab collar is exactly that: a stand-up collar with slits into which you place a white tab that leaves a little white square.

You can see tab collars here: http://www.almy.com/menshirt.html

This is probably way too much information, but you did ask!

And, BTW, I agree that an argyle style would look excellent with a tab or ful collar. I wear a full collar when called upon to do so, in either gray or black, and it always looks sharp with a kilt.

Well, if you're going to split hairs, I'm going to leave!