Shirt collar locking system and apparatus

A method of manufacturing a shirt including a collar stand and a shirt collar attached to the collar stand and further including a shirt collar locking system for locking the shirt collar in an upright position adapted for use with a standard planar stick-shaped collar stay having a first end and an opposing second end, the method comprising:

• providing a collar stand and a shirt collar;
• attaching the shirt collar to the collar stand at an upper portion of the collar stand, an inner side of the shirt collar facing an outer side of the collar stand when the shirt collar is in a folded down position relative to the collar stand;
• forming the shirt locking system by providing a shirt collar stay pocket on the inner side of the shirt collar and providing a collar stand receiving portion on the outer side of the collar stand,
• wherein the shirt collar stay pocket is configured to receive the first end of the collar stay so that the collar stay can be removably inserted into the shirt collar stay pocket and the collar stand receiving portion is configured to receive the opposing second end of the collar stay so as to lock the shirt collar to the collar stand,
• wherein when the shirt collar is in a folded down position relative to the collar stand, a first end of the shirt collar stay pocket adapted for insertion of the first end of the collar stay is aligned with and proximate to a first end of the collar stand receiving portion adapted for insertion of the second end of the collar stay, and
• wherein a second end of the collar stand receiving portion is closed.