This Article Collar pin is composed of Creative Common Content. The Original Article can be location at WikiPedia.org. A collar pin closely related to the collar bar and collar clip is a piece of mens jewelry which holds the two ends of a dress shirt collar together and passes underneath the knot of a necktie. Functioning in a similar way as a tabbed collar it keeps the collar in place and lifts the knot to provide a more aesthetically pleasing arc to the necktie. A collar pin is between three and five centimeters in length and is one of three kinds a collar bar or barbell whose ends screw off and is designed to pass through specially made eyelets in each side of the collar a pin similar to a safety pin that pierces each side of the collar or passes through the existing eyelet a bar with clips on both ends that grasp each side of the collar The latter two styles do not require specially made collars but collar bars are generally not worn with buttoneddown polo collars and would be redundant with tabbed collars. Collar stays are not needed when using a collar bar. As a general matter

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