A lavallière, also called a pussycat bow or pussybow, is a style of neckwear worn with women's and girls' blouses and bodices. It is a bow tied at the neck, which has been likened to those sometimes p
Pussycat bow blouse designed by Elspeth Champcommunal for Worth London, 1945
Musician Harry Styles wearing a pussy-bow blouse during a 2018 Live on Tour show in Saint Paul.
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
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…Collar (clothing) Cravat Louise de La Vallière…
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