What's a Vicars Neckband Called?

A clerical collar, clergy collar, Roman collar or, informally, dog collar, is an item of Christian clerical clothing.

Why are clerical collars called dog collars?

The collar is thought have been invented in the late 1800s. According to the Church, it became popular with Anglican clergy during the Oxford Movement, which attempted to revive Catholic religion in the Church of England in the 19th Century. Church rules on the subject are vague.

What does a Protestant minister wear?

The Geneva gown, also called a pulpit gown, pulpit robe, or preaching robe, is an ecclesiastical garment customarily worn by ordained ministers and Accredited Lay Preachers in the Christian churches that arose out of the historic Protestant Reformation.