shirt collars descend from the rectangular band of linen around the neck of 16th century shirts. Separate ruffs exist alongside attached ruffled collars from the mid-16th century, usually to allow starching and other fine finishing, or to make collar-laundering easier.

During the medieval period and sporadically thereafter, people wore ornamental collars as a form of jewelry.

Terminology

* Band: a strip

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