sailor collar
noun
: a broad collar having a square flap across the back and tapering to a V in the front
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This La Veste Piloni Cropped Shearling Jacket has that Simon Porte Jacquemus je ne sais quoi, and the shearling collar drapes over the back like a fuzzy sailor collar.
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Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Jan. 2023
Diana was effortlessly stylish seven months into her pregnancy with Prince Harry, attending a polo match in a magenta set with a white sailor collar in 1984.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2022
In recent years, the vintage charm of nautical fashion has also been renewed with brands such as Zimmermann and Ghost reintroducing sailor collar silhouettes into their looks.
—CNN, 7 July 2022
Pate's own uniform for the Seahawks was a similar style but with a nautical spin: a low-cut, cropped white top with billowing sleeves and a rhinestone encrusted sailor collar; itty-bitty belted white shorts; and white go-go boots.
—CNN, 12 Feb. 2022
Tops with sailor collars, representing his grandmother’s school uniforms of yore, were paired with color-block Bermuda shorts.
—Colleen Barry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
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Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Jan. 2023
Diana was effortlessly stylish seven months into her pregnancy with Prince Harry, attending a polo match in a magenta set with a white sailor collar in 1984.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2022
In recent years, the vintage charm of nautical fashion has also been renewed with brands such as Zimmermann and Ghost reintroducing sailor collar silhouettes into their looks.
—CNN, 7 July 2022
Pate's own uniform for the Seahawks was a similar style but with a nautical spin: a low-cut, cropped white top with billowing sleeves and a rhinestone encrusted sailor collar; itty-bitty belted white shorts; and white go-go boots.
—CNN, 12 Feb. 2022
Tops with sailor collars, representing his grandmother’s school uniforms of yore, were paired with color-block Bermuda shorts.
—Colleen Barry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
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“Sailor collar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sailor%20collar. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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