Necktie
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A necktie – also called a long tie or, more usually, simply a tie – is a cloth article of formal neckwear or office attire worn for decorative or symbolic purposes, knotted at the throat, resting unde
A man wearing a colorful necktie
A Regency-style neckcloth tied in a bow on a Grafton collar
Pleated silk satin stock, Boston, c. 1830. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, AC1998.78.1
Mathew Brady wearing a tie in 1875
Ascot tie
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An ascot tie, or simply ascot, is an article of neckwear with wide pointed wings at the end, wrapped around the neck and draped down the chest to cover the front placket and button line of a dress shi
Necktie
…styles of neckwear gave way to neckties and bow ties, the latter a much smaller, more convenient version of the cravat. Another type of neckwear, the ascot tie, was considered de rigueur for male guests at formal dinners and male spectators at races. These ascots had wide flaps that were crossed and pinned…
Sketch of an ascot showing its shape before it is tied
Ralph Northam, then the governor of the US state of Virginia, speaking while wearing a morning suit with an ascot tie in 2018
Ascot tie and pin (1904)
Boni de Castellane, unknown date