You need to see Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s incredible collar collection

You already know that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the ultimate judicial bad bitch.

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I DISSENT.

But did you know she's also the queen of accessories? Turns out RBG has been collecting fancy-as-hell jabots β€” the proper name for the collars judges wear β€” for years.

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I didn't even know these things had names β€” I've been calling them "neck doilies" for my entire life. Good thing I didn't try to become a judge.

Recently, Justice Ginsburg allowed photographers to take a look at her extensive collar collection. And I don't want to be one of those people who reduces this great woman down to her fashion contributions, but STYLE GOALS FOR REAL.

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All of her jabots are hung carefully on wood and velvet hangers to help protect them β€” no cheap wire bullshit for Our Ruth.

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Except for her two favorite collars, which are lain flat.

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The beaded white one is RBG's favorite. "It's from South Africa, in Cape Town," she says. She wears it in a lot of her official portraits, like this one from 2013.

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And she accessorized the blue beaded collar with chic black fishnet gloves in 2015.

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She's also hanging with Senator Barbara Boxer, another noted bad bitch.

And did you know she has a SPECIAL collar which she only wears when she dissents? Oh yeah. She does.

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In an interview with Katie Couric, Justice Ginsberg says "It looks fitting for dissents." Badass.

She also has elaborate lace jabots...

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As well as silky netted collars. This one in particular she wore a lot in the early aughts.

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You can see it immortalized in this commissioned portrait of Justice Ginsburg, painted in 2000.

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Fly. As. Hell.

This golden number is her "majority opinion" collar.

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"So when I'm announcing an opinion for the court, this is the collar that I wear," she told Katie Couric.

Throw away your bullshit "statement necklaces" β€” this is how it's done.

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It's so awesome to see how Justice Ginsburg uses these collars to show her personality, even in her justice robes.

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Here's hoping we see her signature collars for many more years to come.

NOTORIOUS RBG OUT!

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