Gent wearing Patricide Collar
This portrait of an unidentified gentleman from 1893 shows the ‘patricide’ collar, though it isn’t real obvious, since the collar, shirt and tie are all white.
The patricide is an upright collar, open at the front, with just two points turned back. The style got its name from the urban legend that a young man wearing one of these returned home after a long absence and greeted his father with an embrace — accidentally piercing the old man’s throat with the sharp collar points.
