Bought these just a month or so after we had the cheap white plastic corsets you buy in department stores in packs of 4000 for $6. I didn't think I could get so excited about something so small and trivial, but if you want to look good these things really do the trick! If you're like me, washing the set in the washing machine and maybe in the dryer every week doesn't help. Forget it in the washer or dryer, no problem. I wish they had maybe half of these in silver and the other half in black just because lighter colored shirts tend to have darker spots where they sit on the collars.