Pilgrim collar

Pilgrim collar shows wide square linen band at the neck.

Puritan collar is the same falling-band family. Cleric collar is later narrow tab.

Pilgrim and early American dress used wide falling-band collars on linen shirts.[1] Seventeenth-century portraits document falling bands shared with Puritan dress.[2] 1550–1600 in Western European fashion covers falling band evolution from ruffs.[3]

Pilgrim re-enactment uses square linen falling bands.[1] Pilgrim differs from ruff starched ring.[2] Contrast with mandarin standing band.[3]

Today pilgrim collar appears in Thanksgiving costume, historical re-enactment, and museum education in starched linen.[1][2] White pilgrim band reads Mayflower era.[3] When wide square linen band on pilgrim dress—pilgrim collar applies.[2]

Thanksgiving costume, historical re-enactment, museum education, and colonial dress events.[1]

Pilgrim collar needs starch on linen for square band shape.[2] White pilgrim band reads colonial re-enactment.[1]

Puritan is same falling-band family. Cleric is later tab. Ruff is starched ring.[1]

Pilgrim collar reads colonial, re-enactment, and falling-band. White linen pilgrim band reads Mayflower costume.

Pilgrim collar vs Puritan? Same falling-band family; pilgrim is American colonial context.[1]

Pilgrim collar vs ruff? Ruff is circular ring; pilgrim is square falling band.[2]

Pilgrim collar modern? Costume and re-enactment only.[3]