I know it’s probably just altered but I like to think that Garak has two versions of this outfit with different necklines.
I hope his closet is full of variations on the same outfit arranged by how much neck he wants to show on any given day.
It’s also the same with his yellow and purple suit
And his watermelon suit
It looks like with the watermelon suit that the collar is adjustable from an undershirt layer. The other ones look like they’re entirely 2 separate suits.
Maybe he needs the different collar lengths too for when his neck ridges are swollen/puffing out.
Or maybe he wants to show off that as well?
My headcanon is that – after being super slutty the first time he approached Bashir (in the watermelon suit without the undershirt) and then toning it down – he lowered all his necklines between seasons 3 and 4 either (1) because he started sleeping with Bashir or (2) to try to get Bashir’s attention because the, er, “subtle” approach wasn’t working.
