By Cajsa Lilliehook
The part of a dress, jacket, coat, shirt or blouse that goes around the neck. It’s usually made of fabric. If it is made of different fabric than the article of clothing, it is often called a contrasting collar. Collars do not have to be made of fabric, they can be made of metal, fur or anything else. They can be matching or contrasting fabric. They can be rounded, pointed, rolled and come in many variations. For more information, see Collar Construction.
Types of Collars.
- Angled Shawl Collar
- Ascot Collar
- Asymmetric Collar
- Attached Collar
- Band Collar
- Barrymore Collar
- Bermuda Collar
- Bertha
- Bib Collar
- Bow Collar
- Bumper Collar
- Butterfly Collar
- Button Down Collar
- Cape Collar
- Capuchin Collar
- Carnaby Collar
- Cascade Collar
- Chelsea Collar
- Cherrusse
- Chinese Collar
- Choker Collar
- Comfort Collar
- Convertible Collar
- Cossack Collar
- Cowl Collar
- Crossover Collar
- Detachable Collar
- Dog Collar
- Double Collar
- Eton Collar
- Falling Collar
- Fan Collar
- Fichu
- Funnel Collar
- Fused Collar
- Gladstone Collar
- Horseshoe Collar
- Jabot
- Mandarin Collar
- Medic Collar
- Medici Collar
- Middy Collar
- Mock Turtleneck Collar
- Nehru Collar
- Notched Collar
- Officer’s Collar
- Petal Collar
- Peter Pan Collar
- Pierrot Collar
- Pilgrim Collar
- Pin Collar
- Platter Collar
- Poet’s Collar
- Ring Collar
- Rolled Collar
- Ruff
- Sailor Collar
- Separate Collar
- Shakespeare Collar
- Shawl Collar
- Shirt Collar
- Split Mandarin Collar
- Spread Collar
- Stand-away Collar
- Stand-up Collar
- Surplice Collar
- Swallow-tailed Collar
- Tab Collar
- Turndown Collar
- Turnover Collar
- Turtleneck Collar
- Tuxedo Collar
- Wing Collar
- Wrap Collar
- Yoke Collar
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