Peter Pan collar

American  

noun

1. a close-fitting flat or rolled collar with rounded ends that meet in front of a high, round neckline.

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Peter Pan collar British  

noun

1. a collar on a round neck, having two rounded ends at the front

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Etymology

Origin of Peter Pan collar

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Wearing a pin-striped shirt with an embroidered Peter Pan collar — “I dress like a kindergartener,” she says with a laugh — Laufey sat down at the Bowl on a recent afternoon for a wide-ranging chat in the same dressing room she used the night of her concert.

From Los Angeles Times

Metzelaar’s 6-year-old self stared back: Half smile, questioning eyes, Peter Pan collar over a sweater.

From Seattle Times

From the wedding emerged a now-legendary photo of the actress on the arm of her new husband, wearing a pink and white gingham dress with a lacy Peter Pan collar.

From Salon

His hair is mussed and he’s wearing wide-leg denim trousers and an ivory babydoll top with a Peter Pan collar.

From Washington Post

In this, her makeover is like a version 2.0 of the techniques employed by Winona Ryder in her 2002 shoplifting trial, when she wore a Marc Jacobs outfit that made her look like a polite schoolgirl, complete with a Peter Pan collar, as well as assorted discreet knee-length hemlines and headbands; or Anna Sorokin, the society grifter who, in the final days of her 2019 trial, wore sweet baby-doll dresses that practically blared “innocent.”

From New York Times