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[Alasdair MacEogan]

I suspect you are correct in thinking it is referring to collars of estate, but it was a little before my time to know for sure.  I do know that other kingdoms have more restrictive sumptuary laws and would be unsurprised if some did not cover collars.

Danielle Jennings <cle0patra.29.85 at googlemail.com> wrote:

>I second that question--what collars?
>
>Ismet
>
>
>
>Most likely referring to collars of state (the most famous period
>examples
>being the collars of Esses or Ss which can be seen in Tudor
>portraiture) I
>believe in period they were worn to signify a connection to an order or
>an
>office, and typical had the insignia of the order prominently displayed
>all
>around the collar or on the center piece. (I am pulling this all out of
>the
>back reaches of my mind from an undergrad western civ. lecture so it
>may not
>be totally correct.)
>I have been playing for about two years and have never seen one being
>worn
>in Ansteorra either by a companion or as a simple accessory, but with
>the
>way the award charters are worded they would make logical sense and
>actually
>an Iris collar might be really fun to make, in my mind it involves lots
>and
>lots of pretty colored gems or seven really big ones...I might give
>that a
>try.
>
>Lady Pippa of Bonwicke (who just likes playing with sparklies)
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