TLE

• Collar is a design feature that frames the face. It is added to a garment neck edge to create variation in line, shape, color, or texture and to provide a neck-edge finish itself or in conjunction with a facing.
• Collar can be broadly classified into 3 categories

  • Flat collars
  • Standing collars
  • Turnover collars
• Flat collars


  Collars that lie flat against the garment
• Standing collars


  Collars that do not lie flat, but stand up against the neck
• Turnover collars


  Collars that can be used both as stand-up collars and as flat ones
• Peter Pan collar


  A flat or rolled collar which ends are rounded
• Shawl collar


  When the collar folds over, the front of the garment rolls back to create a lapel. This collar always worn open
• Convertible collar


  May be worn closed with the garment buttoned or zipped together at center front, or open to create a collar/lapel effect

  
• Bias full-roll collar


  Has an equal amount of stand and fall encircling the neckline, which allows it to fit snugly around the neck
• Mandarin collar


  Is a narrow standing band usually 1 to 1 ½ inches wide
• Shirt collar with band


  Composed of two separate pattern pieces, the band and collar section
• Bertha collar


  A wide, flat collar that extends to the shoulder or beyond the normal armseye
• Sailor collar


  A flat collar with a V in the front and a square in the back
• Step-by-step procedure (basic flat collar)


  1. Make a perpendicular line

  2. Mark the upper right corner as point A

  3. From point A measure 2 1/2 inches downward and mark it as point B

  4. Point A-C and B-D is 1/2 measurement of front and back neckline or (10 inches standard measurement)

  5. From point C-E measure 3/4 inch

  6. From point D-F measure 1/2 inch

  7. Using a ruler, connect point E-F

  8. Point G is the center or midpoint of B-D

  9. Using a hip curve connect point G-F