Edwardian Era Collars Men and Women

The Edwardian period started after the death of Queen Victoria. In 1901, King Edward sat on the throne of England. The Edwardian times were different from the Victorian times. There was a lot of emphasis given on art, on style of clothes, on style of jewelry. King Edward also emphasized on education of children.

Different style of wearing clothes was adopted by men and women.
The look of the Edwardian collar:
The Edwardian period collar was designed heavily, adorned with laces. The collars that the men and women of the Edwardian era wore fascinate a lot of people. It was mainly the upper class men and women who put on such flamboyant collars.

Edwardian men and women wore a standing collar during the day time. The collar looked slim and was high. The Edwardian collars were quire different from the collars of the Victorian times.

The Edwardian collar was never made of pleated drapery. Those that were made of pleated drapery made the neck look thick and unnatural. The Edwardian collar was really high. It extended up till the chin. And it covered the front as well as the back. In the front it extended up till the throat and at the back it extended up till the hairline.

The Edwardian collar was not evenly shaped. It had an uneven shape. This is a very important characteristic of the Edwardian collar. The Edwardian collar was in vogue for a long time, after the Edwardian era ended. Even during the Second World War these were worn often by women. They wore it to dinner parties and to the ball rooms. The Edwardian collar enhanced the dress of the Edwardian women.

The collars were worn with low neck dresses. The dresses were either short sleeved or had no sleeves at all. Although the typical Edwardian collar is no more worn by women, a modified version of it is often put on by them.
In the present times, Edwardian collar are worn along with woolen clothes. They are either stitched to woolen blouses and sweaters or they are worn on top of them separately.