name of embellishment/ decoration/ style?

[Vintagiality]

Hi all,

I am wondering if there is a name to describe this type of decoration and the overall style of the shirt. I am sure it's from the 80s but I am having a hard time describing the embellished black area. It's not really embroidery. It looks like thin rope entwined with metallic/ lame thread which is then stitched to the fabric. The shirt is 100% silk. Also, it buttons all the way down in the back. Is there a special name for that style shirt, collar etc?

Thanks
Victoria

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

Hi Victoria,

That looks like soutache trim on the shirt.

 

[Vintagiality]

Thank you so much, Mary Jane. I had never heard that term before but after googling it, you are exactly right. It looks just like what's on the shirt.

Would this be a Nehru collar?

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

No, a Nehru collar would be separated in the center.

 

[Vintagiality]

It is separated in the center in the back since it buttons in the back. Does that not count? Reverse Nehru?

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

I don't think so....

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

no, not a Nehru. This is a Nehru collar:

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

I would call that a Mandarin collar.

 

[Vintagiality]

It looks just like this from the back. I will go with something like mandarin collar.

Thanks

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

It does not count if it's in the back!

 

[Vintagiality]

Thank you, Nicole. I had just typed exactly the same

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

it resembles a mock turtle neckline.

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

yours is not a mandarin collar. mandarin and Nehrus are often interchanged. yours is more of a mock turtle: yours has no opening in the front.

The length along a mandarin collar is straight, with either straight or rounded edges at top of the centre front. The edges of the collar either barely meet at the centre front or overlap slightly. Overlapping mandarin collars are often a continuation of a shirt's placket and have a button on the collar to secure the two sides of the shirt together.

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

To be safe, you could use "band collar".

 

[Vintagiality]

Thank you all. The shirt was made in Hong Kong so the Asian inspired collar seems appropriate.

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

Collars of this sort have been used through the Western world for a long time - I personally would not use "Asian inspired" and just stick with band collar.

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

I would call that style a Russian tunic style, or perhaps a Cossack style blouse. That terms covers the buttons in the back, the length, and the band collar. Maybe?