Maison Martin Margiela Line 11 silk collar.
So many pearls gleaming in the half-dark; so much creaseless ravishment in the high silk collar of a Chinese dress; so much smoke, and so much rain, though never enough to leave the characters cross or damp merely enough to patter around them, like applause.
We're not sure what will come of Severine despite her nun-like habit with white silk collar and cuffs.
"We wore silk collars," he said in an interview with National Public Radio in 2004.
With her asymmetric silk collars and hard 80s side parting and curls, this Stasi agent has much to give on the fashion front.
Likewise, the handwoven raw silk mandarin-collar shirts and tunics that I bought by the armful in Bangkok's Chatuchak market for about $4 apiece fold flat in my bag but hang out fresh and crisp.
All that back story is buttressed by an ever-growing collection of chic, simple staples for men and women: drapey, minimalist V-neck T-shirts ($15); twill snap backpacks ($65); slouchy cashmere cardigans ($140); silk, round-collar blouses ($78); short, swingy trench coats ($138); Italian leather sandals ($118) and belts ($40) with an almost Céline-like spare appeal.
It's Apec tradition to wear the national costume of the host country, and President Obama wore his high collar silk Mao suit with good grace, and seemed to enjoy the fireworks and the predictably epic performance of dance and drumming.
The va-va-voom black Versace safety pin dress worn by Elizabeth Hurley to the 1994 premiere of the film Four Weddings and a Funeral, for instance, encapsulated an era, as did Catherine Deneuve's prim LBD by Yves Saint Laurent in Belle de Jour (1967), with its white silk French cuffs and collar.
Whether it's an Hermès bikini paired with a cashmere pea coat, a Pucci French-top bikini with a collar necklace, silk heels and handbag, or a hip-riding John Galliano suit made for Christian Dior, complete with bangles, a charm belt and knit socks, full outfits ruled the day as the models head to the beach.
As if by a conjuring, a man wearing a black narrow-brimmed fedora now appears under the streetlamp that had been awaiting her arrival, his belted black trench coat not unlike hers, black silk tie and white collar at the throat.
