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]

08:44 PM on 09/06/2009

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]

04:08 PM on 09/06/2009

wonderful and classy

[PatA]

01:38 PM on 09/06/2009

Justice Ginsburg is a class act.

[dems08]

08:47 AM on 09/06/2009

I wonder what clarence thomas gave her....

[invirginia]

01:11 PM on 09/05/2009

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

[Lee Andrew]

01:36 PM on 09/05/2009

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

[doinaheckuvanutjob]

03:29 PM on 09/06/2009

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]

12:33 PM on 09/05/2009

can any1 say

fashion trend

[Pleneras]

01:23 AM on 09/05/2009

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]

09:14 AM on 09/05/2009

Bobbing lace?

[lee4713]

09:08 PM on 09/05/2009

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

[fauxmccoy]

01:01 AM on 09/07/2009

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

[nana4g]

11:04 PM on 09/04/2009

!Que Bueno!

[Barbara Schuckers]

11:03 PM on 09/04/2009

Those girls have to stick together.

[DFutureIsNow]

10:08 AM on 09/08/2009

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

[BlackYowe]

09:46 PM on 09/04/2009

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