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You already know that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the ultimate judicial bad bitch.
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.
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.
All of her jabots are hung carefully on wood and velvet hangers to help protect them β no cheap wire bullshit for Our Ruth.
Except for her two favorite collars, which are lain flat.
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.
And she accessorized the blue beaded collar with chic black fishnet gloves in 2015.
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.
In an interview with Katie Couric, Justice Ginsberg says "It looks fitting for dissents." Badass.
She also has elaborate lace jabots...
As well as silky netted collars. This one in particular she wore a lot in the early aughts.
You can see it immortalized in this commissioned portrait of Justice Ginsburg, painted in 2000.
Fly. As. Hell.
This golden number is her "majority opinion" collar.
"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.
It's so awesome to see how Justice Ginsburg uses these collars to show her personality, even in her justice robes.
Here's hoping we see her signature collars for many more years to come.
NOTORIOUS RBG OUT!
