Introduction
The
necktie
(or
tie
) is a long piece of cloth wornaround the neck, resting under the shirt collar andknotted at the throat.
Men and women wear neckties as part of regular
office attire or formal wear
. Neckties can also beworn as part of a
uniform (e.g. military, school).
The necktie can be traced back to the time of theThirty Years' War (1618-1648) when Croatianmercenaries in French service, wearing their traditional small, knotted neckerchiefs, aroused theinterest of the Parisians.
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