Sotomayor To Wear Judicial Collar Given To Her By Ginsburg (VIDEO)

Not only is the Supreme Court robe unfashionable, but it was also designed mainly for men. Sandra Day O'Connor, the Supreme Court's first female justice, recalled in an interview how her neckline made her looked washed out while her male colleagues looked crisp in their white shirts and ties. So she found inspiration in Europe courtrooms, and innovated a collar for her SCOTUS robe. Since then, Ruth Bader Ginsburg--who has a rather charming style of her own--paired a robe from England and a lace collar from South Africa. When Sonia Sotomayor starts work on Tuesday, "Good Morning America" reports, she'll be sporting a similar collar given to her by Ginsburg.

WATCH the justices talk robe style and seniority in this segment:

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Comments

[LMPE]

Sonia Sotomayor should also obtain a copy of the collar and shove it down the throats of all the right-wingers who tried to smear her.

[db08]

wonderful and classy

[PatA]

Justice Ginsburg is a class act.

[dems08]

I wonder what clarence thomas gave her....

[invirginia]

Hmmm..... I'm surprised Scalia didn't give her something to wear around the neck.

[Lee Andrew]

Below the belt comment, sad but oh so very true.

[doinaheckuvanutjob]

Well, he was going to give her a vial of blood. Instead, she chose to wear a garland of garlic to ward off Scalia and the other Federalist Society vampires' transformation at nightfall.

[ImissBush]

can any1 say

fashion trend

[Pleneras]

Justice Sotomayor will easily find Mundillo in Puerto Rico's capital of bobbing lace in Moca ready to make her several colonial designs:

http://efsacco.wordpress.com/

[seattle music]

Bobbing lace?

[lee4713]

Perhaps "bobbin" lace, b/c bobbins are used to hold the many threads.

[fauxmccoy]

i believe it's tatting if i recall my grandmothers words . .

[nana4g]

!Que Bueno!

[Barbara Schuckers]

Those girls have to stick together.

[DFutureIsNow]

Yup, I hope Obama has chance to nominate more women, I would be happy with at least 2 more in the court.

[BlackYowe]

Kinda funky and retro. I don't know....