Abstract: A garment protector which may be folded to form a pocket includes a sheet of flexible material which has transverse and oblique folding zones along which the sheet can be folded to form the pocket, and fastening means for maintaining the sheet in its folded condition when it is folded along the folding zones. The sheet includes an upper portion which can be fastened to the neck of an individual, and other portions of the sheet which are defined by the sides and lower end of the sheet, and by the transverse and oblique folding zones. The sheet thus includes a pocket rear wall, a pocket front wall which is foldable over the pocket rear wall, two corner flaps which are foldable upwardly and inwardly over one of the pocket walls, and a lip flap which is foldable over the pocket front wall to form a lip of the pocket.