Bands (neckwear)
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Bands are a form of formal neckwear, worn by some clergy and lawyers, and with some forms of academic dress. They take the form of two oblong pieces of cloth, usually though not invariably white, whic
Two pairs of starched bands, as made by Shepherd & Woodward and Ede & Ravenscroft
John Witherspoon, an 18th-century Presbyterian minister, wearing preaching bands
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, a Roman Catholic priest, wearing preaching bands
A Methodist minister wearing a cassock, vested with a surplice and stole, with preaching bands attached to his clerical collar
Cravat (early)
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The cravat is a neckband, the forerunner of the modern tailored necktie and bow tie, originating from a style worn by members of the 17th century military unit known as the Cravats. The modern British
Bands (neckwear)
…each wing or tongue, are still used by some barristers, clergy and officials. By the end of the seventeenth century King's Counsel wore richly laced cravats. From the later part of the eighteenth century they wore bands instead of the cravat as undress. In the eighteenth century a lace fall was often used…
Cravat as worn in the 19th century
Emanuel de Geer wearing a military sash over a buff jerkin and sporting a cravat with it in 1656, portrait by Bartholomeus van der Helst
Portrait of Ivan Gundulić (1622–1630)
Frontispiece for Osman, 1844