https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 28 May 2026 04:14:07 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-703289 Sun, 26 Aug 2012 03:36:58 +0000 Diana 703289@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ah, OK. So it sounds like at a mininum, I'll need to wear my hair up if I want to pop my collars. Then look for a jacket with a smallish collar so my head does not hit it when I move. Will have to experiment a bit, and maybe look into starching too. Thanks everyone for the tips! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702703 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 14:53:41 +0000 Angie 702703@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like the others have already said, my short hair and long neck help a lot. The mutant giraffe neck acts like a support foundation and my hair ....well....it doesn't get in the way because I don't have a lot of hair! My collars stay popped all day. And I'm a busy body. I am very physical when I shop and work with my clients - polished but not precious. </p> <p>You can buy starching spray to make the collars stiffer as Sarah mentions. I believe that helps a lot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702599 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 11:23:17 +0000 Deborah 702599@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Diana I have trouble keeping collars popped! My hair and shorter neck seems to get in the way. Interesting to read the suggestions here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702587 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 09:26:19 +0000 Mona 702587@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Diana, like you I have long hair but love the popped collar look. I have never tried it with a medium collar though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702577 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:58:47 +0000 Lyn D. 702577@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have not done much popping because I feel a bit 'Elvis-ish' (can I say that?) when I do!<br /> (Especially with white or larger collars!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702568 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 05:58:18 +0000 jayne 702568@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I use doubled sided tape to keep the scrunch in place on the less stiff shirts. totally works and comes off easily when I launder</p> <p>I manage to pop with shoulder length hair, but it is pretty fine and rarely inteferes. It works best with thicker jackets and stiff cotton </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702551 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 04:58:55 +0000 Diana 702551@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good point, Rae. I'll have to look in my closet to see if I have a jacket with a shorter collar... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702527 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 03:02:43 +0000 Anonymous 702527@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I use rubber bands all the time, they leave a little mark but they aren't tight. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702511 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:44:48 +0000 KathyL 702511@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Diana, thanks for the tip on the scrunching. I might try it, but my hands are sensitive to things that are too tight around my arm. Maybe a bigger rubber band would work. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702508 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:31:26 +0000 sarah 702508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also started using spray starch on my collars to help them stay pop. I don't know if it helps or not, since I got my hair cut short at about the same time LOL (not a controlled expt. - ok that was a totally geeky scientist to scientist comment - SORRY). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702507 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:31:05 +0000 rae 702507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Both my hair and neck length get in the way. The base of my skull totally pushes collars back down. It is less a problem if the collar or lapel is short. :T </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702501 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:21:15 +0000 Transcona Shannon 702501@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i definitely think hair length makes the difference Diana. Like Suz and Sveta, mine stays popped all day. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702500 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:18:29 +0000 Diana 702500@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kathy, I learned from someone here that you can get any sleeve to scrunch if you put a hair elastic inside the cuff! It does leave a mark on my arm afterwards though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702499 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:18:14 +0000 Anonymous 702499@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm very interested in this topic. I've never been able to pull it off myself, and I always assumed it was due to a short neck.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702496 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:13:55 +0000 KathyL 702496@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have never mastered the popped collar or the scrunched jacket/shirt. I think the collar is due to my long hair. Not sure what the problem is with the scrunching. So much effort to try to make it look effortless. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702491 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:05:01 +0000 Diana 702491@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sveta, I think it's the long hair and short neck that makes the collar fall down. Basically when I move my head something hits it and it falls. I will try next time with the hair up... the problem is that I almost never keep my hair up all day, although I guess I don't wear my jacket all day either. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702490 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:03:59 +0000 Suz 702490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It has to do with the hair, I think, Diana. Mine stay popped with short hair, but didn't when my hair was longer. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702488 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 02:01:09 +0000 Sveta 702488@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, my hair is short and my neck is average to long-ish so that might help. I am surprised you have problems to keep denim jacket collars up - usually they stay up pretty well because they are stiff. I have problem to keep soft silk collars up - they just collapse back - but cotton shirts are usually OK especially if collar are on the firm side.<br /> Maybe long hair is the problem... try to do your hair up one day and see if it makes a difference. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ask-angie-everyone-popped-collars#post-702485 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:57:20 +0000 Diana 702485@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sveta's most recent set of WIWs reminded me that I LOVE the look of a popped jacket or shirt collar. Now I don't wear stiff buttoned up shirts, but I would love to be able to pop the collars on my denim jackets. I've never been able to pull it off though, maybe because I have long hair that gets in the way or because I have a short neck. Also, my collar stays popped for about one minute or however long it takes me to move my head, pick something up, or sling a purse over my shoulder.</p> <p>So... first, how in the world do you get the collar to stay popped? And, second, do I have to put my hair up / suddenly grow a longer neck to wear this look right? </p>