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Nov 9, 2009
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2,000 Years of the Necktie
Turtleneck: The Anti-Tie?

by David Johnson
NECKTIES
THROUGH THE AGES
  
Introduction

• 210 B.C.
China's First Emperor

• 113 A.D.
Did Romans Wear Ties?

• 17th Century
Croatian Cravats for the King of France

Cravats Go to England

Real Men Wear Lace

• 18th Century
Cowboy Bandannas from India

Sailing the Seven Seas

• 19th Century
Business Suit Takes Shape

Cambridge & Oxford School Ties

Ties Fit for Officers and Gentlemen

Bow Ties Center Stage

A Tie Singing Dixie

Lord Byron's Legacy

Women Tie the Knot, Too!

• 20th Century
Paris Presents Designer Ties

Celebrities & Rock Stars

Ascots Cross Finish Line

Bolo: The Tie That Won the West

Turtleneck: The Anti-Tie

 
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The turtleneck could be called the anti-tie. British writer Noel Coward started wearing colored turtlenecks in the 1920's and created a new fad. French intellectuals and their counterparts in the United States popularized black turtlenecks in the 1950s.


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