The Clerical Standard

Exploring Clerical Collar Styles: History, Symbolism, and Options

The clerical collar is an item adorned as part of Christian clerical clothing. The clerical collar is an item adorned as part of Christian clerical clothing.

Short Sleeve Tonsure Shirts

We are happy to announce the addition of a short sleeved Tonsure clerical shirt to our Men's Clerical Range. With the warmer months ahead of us, this inclusion has been a popular request from our c...

Clerical Vestment Care Guide

Common vestments include albs, chasubles, robes, and surplices. People commonly think that cassocks are vestments, but they are really just old-fashioned street clothes that are worn underneath ves...

Clerical Clothing: Symbolism, Options, and Liturgical Styles

Clothing is one of the most important aspects for the figureheads of religious communities. In the church, the attire symbolises the roles and denominations of key individuals within the organisati...

Clerical Collars and Shirt Styles: History, and Options

When it comes to clerical collars and shirts, there is a time and place for each type - whether it be the more traditional choices, such as Vicars, Slip-In and Tonsure to more hybrid styles like cl...

Clerical Clothing: Simple, elegant and traditional

Clerical clothing has strictly adhered to codified rules that were implemented to bring uniformity to those devoted to the Church. Priests and vicars were easily identifiable by the clothing they w...

Pandemics and Christian Compassion

The church has been handling pandemics for over 2,000 years and whilst we have recently become reacquainted with this familiar invisible enemy, we must look at the epidemic experiences of generatio...

Why the white Collar?

It started out as something from popular fashion and then later took on a deeper spiritual meaning. We take an in-depth look at the evolution of the white clerical collar and its symbolic transitio...

Staying Safe During Church Services

As we begin to transition into a new way of life, we must re-evaluate how we keep each other safe whilst resuming our normal activities. We have compiled some of the new systems that many churches ...

Conducting Online Services during COVID-19

The change to daily life during the Coronavirus pandemic has forced many churches to temporarily halt their regular services for their congregation. However, this temporary measures may have positi...