Revere collar

A lapel-like fold at the front opening of a coat or casual shirt—the rever—also used for open camp-collar facings that roll back without a stand.

How to recognize it

Revere collar shows an open fold at center front like a small lapel.

Camp collar is the shirt style name for similar open neck. Lapel collar is tailored jacket terminology.

Origin and history

Revers entries define the rever as the turned-back fold on coats and jackets.[1] Museum camp-shirt photography shows open revere-like facings on cotton resort shirts.[2] Aloha shirt history uses open collar language overlapping revere and camp.[3]

Tailors borrowed rever from coat fronts to casual shirt facings.[1] Revere differs from button-down anchored points.[2] linen camp shirts show revere fold clearly.[3]

Today revere collar appears in tailoring textbooks, camp shirts, and smoking jackets in wool and cotton.[1][2] Open revere camp shirt reads resort casual.[3] When an open front fold mirrors coat rever—revere collar applies.[2]

Where it is used

Resort shirts, smoking jackets, tailoring reference, and open-collar leisure wear.[1]

What is worn now

Editorial styling suggestions from MsDressly—not strict rules.

Revere collar shirts wear open or with one button.[2] Printed revere camp shirt reads Hawaiian casual.[3]

How it differs

Camp is shirt resort name. Shawl is continuous roll. Lapel is jacket fold.[1]

Expression and impression

Revere collar reads tailored, open, and lapel-adjacent. Open revere camp shirt reads resort ease.

Common questions

Revere collar vs camp collar? Camp is shirt style; revere is fold terminology.[1]

Revere collar vs lapel? Rever is the fold; lapel is visible jacket front.[1]

Revere collar on coats? Yes—rever is standard coat terminology.[1]

Sources

  1. Revers . Wikipedia Lapel and rever terminology for open coat and camp collars.
  2. File:Shirt (AM 2017.66.34-10).jpg . Wikimedia Commons Open-collar camp shirt with revere-like fold; Auckland Museum; CC BY 4.0.
  3. Aloha shirt . Wikipedia Camp and revere collar context on resort shirts.

September 19, 2026