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                       INTERESTING WAYS TO TIE A


                                                         TIE


                                                   By Vaastavi kumar



                                                                 Traced  from  the  mid-seventeenth
                                                                 century,  this  modern-day  garment
                                                                 originated    from     the   Croatians.
                                                                 Croatian  mercenaries,  recruited  by
                                                                 King Louis XIV in France, wore silk
                                                                 bands around their necks to ward off
                                                                 natural  elements.  Later,  the  Parisians
                                                                 altered  it,  calling  it  the  ‘cravat’,
                                                                 derived  from  Croats,  (French  for
                                                                 Croatian). The varieties and structures
                    Do  you  know,  what  the  hat               of a tie have proliferated since ancient
                    verbalized  to  the  tie?  “hey!  wonder     times,  from  bows  to  neckerchief.  At
                    not(knot), you hang around and I’ll go       one  point  in  the  past,  touching
                    on  ahead.”A  tie  is  one  of  the  most    another  person’s  tie  meant  that  the
                    essential  decorative  accessories,  a       former wanted to be argumentative or
                    staple, that adds grace to every man's       pugnacious.  Mark-Evan  Blackman,
                    wardrobe.  A  flamboyant  necktie            chairman       of    the     menswear
                    vividly  expresses  the  personality,        department  at  New  York's  Fashion
                    strength,  and  inner  character  of  a      Institute  of  Technology  concluded,
                    gentleman.  Moreover,  it  is  message-      "Ties  are  very  related  to  their  times,
                    driven and  symbolic, "It's  specific  to    reflective of trends in society,"
                    the  time,  place  and  person,"  says       Neckties  are  worn  almost  in  every
                    Claudia  Kidwell,  curator  of  the
                                                                 field  of  maneuver,  from  postal
                    Smithsonian  Institution's  costume
                                                                 offices, schools, military to all formal
                    division. Conversely, at the end of the      occasions,    including    trade    and
                    day,  a  man  is  keen  to  untie  the       commercial  businesses.  They  are
                    necktie,  boys  are  unwilling  to  wear     regimental  striped,  solid,  textured,
                    something  that  chokes  their  throats
                                                                 geometric,  52  to  58  inches  long,
                    and  restricts  from  breathing  flexibly.
                                                                 costing  $7  to  $15.  Even  today  lads
                    Ever  pondered  upon,  why  this  piece      wake  up  to  attend  an  interview,  but
                    of  cloth,  with  no  application  of  its   are  ignorant of  how  to  tie a  tie, and
                    own, became such a prevalent custom          set  off  in  trepidation.  Consequently,
                    today?





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