You may be wondering what a dress shirt placket is. It’s basically the panel of fabric that runs down the middle front of a dress shirt and your shirt buttons run along this panel. Plackets comes in a number of styles, with some styles exuding a greater sense of formality than others.
The three main types of plackets are: 1. French Placket, 2. Standard Placket, and 3. Concealed Placket.
The French placket, also known as seamless the placket, is the most popular. The seamless placket is plain and does not have any distinct stitching to set apart from the rest of your dress shirt. The French Placket is preferable as it is both stylish and works perfectly with dress shirts that have French Cuffs.
The standard placket is characterized by the raised fabric that this produced by stitching.
The concealed placket has the distinct characteristic of hiding the buttons under an additional layer of fabric, providing a neat looking appearance. If you want a very formal look, you may consider choosing the concealed placket.
