Clerical garment device

A clerical garment device comprising:

• a shirt having a body and a pair of sleeves wherein said shirt is configured to be worn on an upper body of a user, said shirt having a neck opening being centrally located between said pair of sleeves wherein said neck opening is configured to extend around a neck of the user when the user is wearing said shirt, said neck opening having a bounding edge, said shirt having an outside surface, said shirt being folded onto itself around said neck opening to define a fold in said shirt being spaced from said bounding edge, said bounding edge of said neck opening lying on said outside surface wherein said bounding edge of said neck opening is configured to visually present an ornamental feature of said shirt;
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• a collar being coupled to said shirt, said collar being continuously arcuate about a central point such that said collar defines a closed loop, said collar extending around a full circumference of said neck opening wherein said collar is configured to extend around the neck of the user when the user is wearing said shirt, said shirt having a dark color, said collar having a light color with respect to said dark color of said shirt wherein said collar is configured to present the visual appearance of a clerical collar when the user is wearing said shirt, said collar having a top edge and a bottom edge and an outer surface extending between said top edge and said bottom edge, said outer surface having a front side and a back side, said collar being folded onto itself having said top edge being aligned with said bottom edge to define a first half of said collar and a second half of said collar, said front side of said outer surface corresponding to first half lying against said front side of said outer surface corresponding to said second half, said shirt having an inside surface, said back side of said outer surface corresponding to said first half of said collar resting against said inside surface of said shirt, said collar having a fold in said collar being centrally located between said top edge and said bottom edge, said fold in said collar being spaced upwardly from said fold in said shirt, each of said top edge and said bottom edge being aligned with said bounding edge of said neck opening, said fold in said shirt defining an outer layer of said shirt extending between said bounding edge of said neck opening and said fold in said shirt, said outer layer of said shirt resting on said body of said shirt, said collar being coupled to said shirt with stitching, said stitching extending through said outer layer of said shirt and said body of said shirt and said first half of said collar and said second half of said collar.