Use of the wing collar. The white collar gives the impression that the head is placed on a Corinthian capital, the tie acting as acanthus.
In the 1810s, the shirt was hidden, with only two small, soft points of the collar protruding from the white ascot, along the jaw, touching the sideburns. This collar descends very slightly and soon these two points become horny under the chin. Around 1850, the collar became a rigid, white, impeccable, rigid and icy tube, with two small points bent forward: this is the broken collar.