Pierrot collar
The Pierrot collar (also known as a fool's collar or clown collar ) is a collar modeled on the ruff . The collar was part of the costume of the comedy character Pierrot and was named after him.
history
The history of the Pierrot collar goes back further into time than the figure of Pierrot himself. Court fools already wore such a collar in the Middle Ages . At that time ruffs and similar collars were actually reserved for people of higher rank (bishops, priests, judges, etc.). Even the contrast of the fool (as a representative of everything vicious and sinful) to the group of people just mentioned was already considered a comedic effect at that time. The figure of Pierrot goes back to the Italian Pedrolino - a character of the Commedia dell'arte . Pierrot - a servant, lovable clown - was mainly dressed in large white costumes, with which he wore the typical collar. With the figure of Pierrot, the collar became the trademark of the later harlequins and circus clowns.
Contemporary manifestations
First in the thirties and later in the eighties of the twentieth century, the Pierrot collar experienced a renaissance in the fashion world. Major contemporary designers such as B. Viktor & Rolf combined Pierrot collars in their collections or were inspired by him. In 2008 they dedicated their spring / summer collection entirely to the Pierrot theme . Even nowadays, the typical collar can be found in the collections of young fashion designers, as most recently (autumn / winter 2010) in a circus- inspired collection at the HAW in Hamburg.
literature
- Ingrid Loscheck: Reclams Mode and Costume Lexicon , Reclam, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-15-010577-3
- Caroline Evans and Susannah Frankel: Viktor & Rolf , Collection Rolf Heyne, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-89910420-2
- Karl Friedrich Flögel: History of the court jesters , Olms Verlag, Leipzig 1977, ISBN 9783487062396
- Robert F. Storey: Pierrot. A Critical History of a Mask , Princeton University Press, 2nd edition 1987. ISBN 069110235X