History Of The Neck Tie
Didn't you ever wonder why we wear a tie?
Old and wise history books bear witness to the fact that a small European people has conquered more of the world than Batu-Khan and the Ancient Romans.
Without hatred and arms, as early as the mid-17th century, this people started its silent conquest from its native soil between the Pannonian valley and the Adriatic Sea, and reached numerous spots of the known world. The traces of this conquest can still be seen everywhere.
People all over the world are wearing the symbol of my people. They wear it near the heart, between the shirt and the coat. Moreover, it embraces them around the neck like a dear friend.
Did you know that the necktie originates from the Croats?
When the thirty-year war (1618-1648) was raging in Europe, Croatian soldiers were also drawn into this tragedy. Under the leadership of their Vice-Roys (Croatian Ban) they arrived as far as Paris.
The Croatian traditional military dress included picturesque scarves worn around the neck in a distinctive manner. This handsome "Croatian Style" captivated the fastidious French so that, during the reign of Louis XIV, they too, adopted the new fashion item worn "a la Croate".
This expression soon became the root of the new French word "cravate". Thus the tie entered the bourgeois fashion of the time as a sign of cultivation and elegance and went on to conquer the whole Europe and, today, the entire civilized world.
Names for the necktie in the world:
Croatian : Kravata
English: Cravat
French: Cravate
German: Krawattne
Hungarian: Kravat
Italian: Cravattna
Polish: Krawat
Portugese: Gravata
Spanish: Corvattna
The Tie Video can teach anyone how to correctly tie a tie in five of today's hottest fashion knots using fun, easy to follow step-by-step video instruction & animated graphics in less then 15 minutes!
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