Collar (clothing)
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In clothing, a collar is the part of a shirt, dress, coat or blouse that fastens around or frames the neck. Among clothing construction professionals, a collar is differentiated from other necklines s
William Shakespeare in a sheer linen collar of the early 17th century, a direct ancestor of the modern shirt collar.
Japanese market pointerbrand wool band collar jacket
Actor John Barrymore
Portrait of Hannah Fry
Lapel
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A lapel is a folded flap of cloth on the front of a jacket or coat below the collar. It is most commonly found on formal clothing and suit jackets. Usually it is formed by folding over the front edge
Collar (clothing)
…that fastens around or frames the neck. Among clothing construction professionals, a collar is differentiated from other necklines such as revers and lapels, by being made from a separate piece of fabric, rather than a folded or cut part of the same piece of fabric used for the main body of the garment. A…
A pinstriped suit with a notched lapel
Comparison of two notched lapel cuts: English (left) and Spanish (right). The former is the most commonly seen notched lapel.
Lapel watch, USA, c. 1889, Cooper–Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Lord Nelson in a Captain's tailcoat (1781), exhibiting a long, loosely-folded lapel with many buttons