Collar-Ways

Modular Apparel Technology

One Garment.
Multiple Possibilities.

Organizations and consumers often replace entire garments to accommodate new branding, updated uniforms, changing roles, seasonal needs, or different occasions. Traditional apparel offers limited flexibility, requiring new garments rather than allowing existing ones to adapt.

Collar-Ways addresses this limitation with a removable, interchangeable collar system designed to fit over and conceal an existing garment collar, enabling users to quickly transform its appearance, branding, or function without replacing or permanently altering the original garment.

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Veteran-Owned | Patent-Pending | Designed for Apparel Innovation

A woven wine dress shirt with a matching wine collar attached and a detachable white Collar-Ways collar floating above the neckline

The Challenge

Traditional Apparel Offers Limited Flexibility

Organizations and consumers frequently replace complete garments when collars become worn, branding changes, uniforms require updating, or a different appearance is needed. Traditional garments provide limited flexibility for customization, role identification, seasonal updates, and special events.

High Replacement Costs

Organizations and consumers may need to replace entire garments when only one visible component requires updating, increasing apparel costs while reducing the long term value of the garment.

Limited Garment Adaptability

Traditional apparel offers limited flexibility for modular customization, often requiring separate garments to support different brands, roles, occasions, or organizational identities.

Unnecessary Textile Waste

Traditional apparel often results in the replacement of otherwise usable garments when only a visible component requires updating, increasing material consumption and textile waste.

The Solution

Meet Collar-Ways

Collar-Ways is developing a modular textile interface that enables compatible garments to support removable and interchangeable collar components while preserving the appearance and function of the underlying garment.

Three Collar-Ways looks on a black shirt: white collar with white pocket square, pink collar with pink pocket square, and blue collar with blue pocket square

Future Capabilities

Designed for What's Next

Future Collar-Ways capabilities may integrate technologies such as RFID and NFC to enable digital identification, authentication, inventory management, and interactive brand experiences.

RFID
NFC
Digital ID
Connected Experiences

Applications

Initial Target Markets

Corporate Uniforms

Update branding, departments, employee roles, or special campaigns.

Hospitality

Adapt uniforms for events, seasons, service levels, or brand experiences.

Automotive Dealerships

Create premium branded apparel experiences for sales and service teams.

Apparel Brands & Manufacturers

Add modular customization and potential recurring accessory revenue to existing garment lines.

Business Value

More Value From Every Garment

Collar-Ways step-by-step guide: start with your shirt, open and position the collar, wrap and align, secure it, and see the transformed look, plus back views and available white, black, wine, and royal blue collars
01

Versatility

One compatible garment can support multiple styles, identities, and applications.

02

Cost Efficiency

Organizations may update a garment's appearance without replacing the entire garment.

03

Branding Opportunities

Collar components can support organizational colors, logos, patterns, and event themes.

04

Sustainability Potential

Extending garment use may reduce replacement demand and unnecessary textile waste.

Pilot Program

Help Shape the Future of Modular Apparel

Collar-Ways is seeking selected organizations, apparel professionals, and early adopters to participate in product evaluations, pilot opportunities, and commercialization discussions. Pilot participants will help evaluate fit, usability, durability, appearance, attachment performance, and commercial applications. Pilot participants will help evaluate fit, usability, durability, appearance, attachment performance, and commercial applications.

Organizational Pilot

For dealerships, hospitality companies, universities, uniform programs, and other organizations.

Apparel Partnership

For manufacturers, designers, textile companies, and established apparel brands.

Licensing Discussion

For organizations interested in integrating or commercializing Collar-Ways technology.

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Corey A. Cooper, Founder and CEO of Collar-Ways, in a black suit with a decorative paisley collar

Corey A. Cooper
Founder, CEO & Inventor

About the Founder

Built Through Leadership, Innovation, and Customer Discovery

Corey A. Cooper is the Founder and CEO of Collar-Ways and a retired U.S. Army officer with more than 22 years of leadership experience. He has managed complex organizations, multidisciplinary teams, and major financial programs. Corey is also an inventor, holds a U.S. patent, and has completed the NSF Regional I-Corps Program, receiving formal training in customer discovery, market validation, and technology commercialization.

Development Status

From Concept to Commercialization

  1. Step 01

    Customer discovery

  2. Step 02

    Multiple functional prototypes developed

  3. Step 03

    Attachment approaches evaluated

  4. Step 04

    Provisional patent application filed

  5. Step 05

    Product refinement and engineering

  6. Step 06

    Pilot-partner engagement

  7. Step 07

    Manufacturing and licensing development

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Become Part of the Collar-Ways Journey

The Collar May Be Just the Beginning.

Discover how modular apparel can create new opportunities for customization, branding, garment longevity, and customer engagement.

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