Uniforms The cravat

got three of them - one is a chapeau claque, it's really hepful when you need to leave the country fast and still want to be properly dressed

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... the french invented it, obviously
 
that bowler is one of my oldest hats (bought it in '80 1 pound was 4.42 DM then) - found one that fitted (got a big head).
it was custom made for some british gentleman, but i had only two more days in london. the gentleman (i think he was some sir whathisname) was phoned and explained to him that a gentleman from abroad (lol!) needed his hat and if he would accept this he needed to wait a fortnight longer for his new headwear and of course dunn & co would be in his depth forever - very british.
 
that bowler is one of my oldest hats (bought it in '80 1 pound was 4.42 DM then) - found one that fitted (got a big head).
it was custom made for some british gentleman, but i had only two more days in london. the gentleman (i think he was some sir whathisname) was phoned and explained to him that a gentleman from abroad (lol!) needed his hat and if he would accept this he needed to wait a fortnight longer for his new headwear and of course dunn & co would be in his depth forever - very british.
Not everyone can wear a bowler hat.
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I own and wear, bow ties, when the need for a tie arises. Generally I don't wear a dinner jacket, but my USAF "mess dress" equivalent, and tie my own. Like most Americans in our age, I'm a jeans and hunting shirt, dresser on a daily basis, but dressing for dinner, knowing how to tie cravat and bow tie, I still think important and approve of. Now, I pretty much only dress in coat-and-tie, for church, or social occasions. One of those things, I hate to see the passing of. Gee, guys wear sweatpants on airplanes these days. :cautious:

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The chap in the middle is drinking straight from the bottle, I'm liking his style.
 
I don't even own a tie (haven't in decades). If a place or an event requires a tie then it's out of consideration.

Not having to wear a tie or a suit was actually a big consideration when I decided on a career path. I ended up in a blue jeans profession where a nice shirt if in the office was all you needed.
I would be very out of place and style in mid 19th century America....because Hell would have to freeze over to get me to wear a tie of any sorts for any occasion....including a funeral. :laugh: LOL
 
My grandfather was a life long farmer. After he sold the farm he never left the house without wearing a suit. He would take of his jacket to hoe his garden but left his hat, white shirt and tie on. Is a common for a farmer to hoe a vegetable garden in a white shirt and tie? My grandfather must have picked it up somewhere.
 
My grandfather was a life long farmer. After he sold the farm he never left the house without wearing a suit. He would take of his jacket to hoe his garden but left his hat, white shirt and tie on. Is a common for a farmer to hoe a vegetable garden in a white shirt and tie? My grandfather must have picked it up somewhere.
Not a vegetable garden, but doing something with a pig--ringing it, maybe? Or getting ready to butcher it?

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Some of the logic was that a white shirt could be washed hard, boiled, whatever, and it wouldn't fade in color. If made of linen like it used to be before cotton was king, it would be more durable.
 
I would be very out of place and style in mid 19th century America....because Hell would have to freeze over to get me to wear a tie of any sorts for any occasion....including a funeral. :laugh: LOL

Maybe there's a Missoula effect (I'm U. of M. 1976). If'n I'd a know'd ya two years ago we could've met at the Top Hat for a beer.

Anyway, resist male dress code tyranny ! Take down all the statues of men wearing ties now !!
 
Not sure what he is doing to this poor pig, but now I am afraid to go to a farm.
Not a vegetable garden, but doing something with a pig--ringing it, maybe? Or getting ready to butcher it?

Hope this image works.

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Some of the logic was that a white shirt could be washed hard, boiled, whatever, and it wouldn't fade in color. If made of linen like it used to be before cotton was king, it would be more durable.
 

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I never wear a tie anymore. When I was a paralegal I wore one everyday except weekends. Then you have my brother. He did not even know how to tie a tire until he was over 40 years old. I had to teach him. Of course, there was the blank look when I asked if he wanted to learn a Windsor, Half Windsor, or Four in Hand knot.
 
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