When it comes to the doll collar that is particularly popular these two years, what comes to mind?
A girl's heart? Cute? All right, but the key word we want to add today is classic.
Did you know that Princess Diana, the most influential fashion icon of the last century, was a lover of personalized collars? From her aristocratic teenage years to performing her duties on various important occasions around the world, the decorated collar full of personality accompanied her to leave countless classic moments.
- Peter Pan collar/doll collar
Diana, 20, appeared in an English embroidered doll neck floral blouse and yellow suspenders. At the time, she was Miss Spencer, living in a flat with friends in the West End and dressing in the Sloane style that was fashionable among the aristocratic offspring of Kensington and Chelsea.
Floral shirts, floral skirts, ruff collars, loose sweaters, pearl earrings, pearl necklaces, Burberry and Barbour hunting clothes, are the must-have items, because these young people mostly live in the vicinity of Sloane Square, so they are called Sloane Ranger.
In 1982, a book called The Official Manual of the Sloane Ranger was published, and the picture of the recently married Princess Diana was placed in the middle of the cover, which was recognized as the representative of the Sloane Square style. Because of her influence, the Sloane style, which had been popular only in small circles, began to appear on more girls.
Diana's love of round-rimmed pit-pan continued into her marriage. After giving birth to her second child, Prince Harry, she chose a white crew-neck shirt with a red bow tie and red suit for her public meetings, which looked sweet and dignified.
This flat round edge doll collar, also known as Peter Pan collar, is the symbol of the protagonist boy in the Scottish fairy tale "Peter Pan", originally used for children's clothing. Since the 1960s, it has gradually been applied to the design of adult fashion. Decades have passed, regardless of winter or summer, the glory is still there. Celine and Sandy Liang's Spring/Summer 2021 collection and Carolina Herrera's Fall/Winter 2021 collection both featured Peter Pan collars, while Simone Rocha changed the round neck to a pointed one this time, adding a touch of cool to the sweet look.
Batsheva's latest autumn/winter collection has a very Sloane Ranger feel, with floral tops and dresses, jacquard sweaters and ruffled embroidery.
Small baby collars are always popular, big baby collars are even more popular. It can be said that the limelight of the particularly popular cuffed doll collar in the past two years is to some extent brought by the Danish brand GANNI.
Founded in 2000, after 10 years of anonymity, the founder of gallerist Frans Truelsen invited husband and wife friends Neither Ditto and Nicolaj Reffstrup, who turned fashion buyers, to join them and ask them to set about saving the brand.
With the establishment of GanniGirls on the social network, the image of GANNI girl becomes more and more clear; At the same time, the refreshing design and affordable price positioning also make more and more fashion-loving girls choose to wear GANNI on the street.
The appeal of doll collars is global. Many domestic designer brands, including Ming Ma and Shushu Tong, also continue to bring this ancient design element creative life.
- Crew collar/deep V lapel
When Sloane style was popular, there was a British brand that was very popular, it was Laura Ashley.
Princess Diana's love of the Sloane Range continued for several years after her marriage. On the day Prince William was born, she wore a polka-dot dress by Laura Ashley to the public. Noteworthy, too, is its V-shaped sailor lace-up collar.
This mariner collar design is also popular with Princess Diana. In these surviving images, she can be seen wearing this crew neck dress with lace details on many of her visits.
Sometimes the collar was ruffled; Sometimes decorated with hollows; Sometimes, it's a simple, straight hem.
