"Interesting story about the necktie."
12:38 PM 10/22/2007
[Editor's Note: On the way to the metro this morning we got to talking about neckties and how they came to be. For those who share in Chris's curiosity, see below.]
Per Wiki:
The Necktie Origin or neck tie history dates back a mere hundred years or so, for they came into existence as the direct result of a war. In 1660, in celebration of its hard fought victory over Turkey, a crack regiment from Croatia (then part of the Austro Hungarian Empire) visited Paris. There, the soldiers were presented as glorious heroes to Louis XIV, a monarch well known for his eye toward personal adornment. It so happened that the officers of this regiment were wearing brightly colored handkerchiefs fashioned of silk around their necks. These neck cloths, which probably descended from the Roman fascalia worn by orators to warm the vocal chords, struck the fancy of the king, and he soon made them an insignia of royalty as he created a regiment of Royal Cravattes. The word "cravat [Editor's Note: French for "necktie" and English for "fancy shmancy necktie"]," incidentally, is derived from the word "Croats."
[Editor's Note: On the way to the metro this morning we got to talking about neckties and how they came to be. For those who share in Chris's curiosity, see below.]
Per Wiki:
The Necktie Origin or neck tie history dates back a mere hundred years or so, for they came into existence as the direct result of a war. In 1660, in celebration of its hard fought victory over Turkey, a crack regiment from Croatia (then part of the Austro Hungarian Empire) visited Paris. There, the soldiers were presented as glorious heroes to Louis XIV, a monarch well known for his eye toward personal adornment. It so happened that the officers of this regiment were wearing brightly colored handkerchiefs fashioned of silk around their necks. These neck cloths, which probably descended from the Roman fascalia worn by orators to warm the vocal chords, struck the fancy of the king, and he soon made them an insignia of royalty as he created a regiment of Royal Cravattes. The word "cravat [Editor's Note: French for "necktie" and English for "fancy shmancy necktie"]," incidentally, is derived from the word "Croats."
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