Origins
The first official Peter Pan collar was designed by John White Alexander and his wife in collaboration with Maude Adams for the 1905 production of Peter and Wendy in New York. Neither J. M. Barrie's book or play (which described Peter as wearing cobwebs and leaves), nor the original 1904 London production starring Nina Boucicault (in a cape), had featured a similar design. Even though subsequent Peter Pans did not wear the collar, Adams's collar proved a fashion success in the United States and United Kingdom and retained its association with her role.
However, the Peter Pan collar had similarities to a number of earlier designs, particularly the col Claudine or Claudine collar from Paris. The Claudine collar, a round collar worn with a check scarf, also had a literary source, being named after the publication of Colette's 1900 novel Claudine à l'école, in which it was worn by the title character. Claudine inspired a whole range of accessories bearing her name, including perfumes and the claudinet, described as a "round collar" for women and children.
Other parallels, also named after fictional characters, have been drawn between the Peter Pan collar and the collars associated with Little Lord Fauntleroy (introduced in 1885) and Buster Brown (1902), both of which inspired young boys's outfits based on their look.
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