It is a historical compilation and very summarizes of a key piece of clothing for men.
The widespread use of male-tie results from the vanity of a Frenchman, Louis XIV, the Sun King. The monarch according to the legend liked a lot the effect of a strip of white cambric worn by Croatian soldiers who were camped on the outskirts of Paris. An enchantment that made him commands his royal tailor to copy and adapt it for his finest uniforms. The "innovation" was so beloved by the French who took the fashion and during the following centuries it has undergone changes which involved the use of different node types and the raw materials used in its confection. In the late eighteenth century, the tie was truly worshiped, it involved a complex process of twists and turns that required the expertise of a servant for this purpose. There is even the curious story of Beau Brummell, the greatest dandy of London, which needed a ritual of five hours, you read right, five long hours, before a careful handpicked audience that watched delighted and fascinated the entire complexes work involving the placement of a single tie. Ufff!
Interestingly, in the second half of the nineteenth century, right in the industrial movement that revolutionized the textile industry, a tie appears more functional, longer and narrower, nicknamed "race." This innovation becomes immortal and continues to be the basis of current ties. In 1926, Jesse Langsdorf, a New York inventor, had the idea to cut the tie from a diagonally fabric and to be held it in three parts. Since then, it becomes the modern tie, more elastic and practice. But not always this piece of clothing was powerful in the male closet. If you remember the 60's with the flower power movement in the U.S., the tie was also banned. I do not know if it got to the point of being burned, but failed to appear in the male costume for a while. In the late seventies it returned in force and the 80's is dedicated to this piece clothing. Currently, any man has one or more in his closet it is an essential piece of clothing in the world today. And to think it all started because of the vanity of a king. An act of futility. Who would it thought.
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