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The tie as we know it, was a streamlined version of the cravat. Which was popularised in Europe during The Thirty Years War (1618–1648), by Croatian mercenaries
by ycombinete 6y ago
The tie as we know it, was a streamlined version of the cravat. Which was popularised in Europe during The Thirty Years War (1618–1648), by Croatian mercenaries.
That knowledge has always pleased me, when I’ve had to wear a tie. That it’s descended from these swashbuckling, brightly attired, mercs.
- 082349872349872 6y agoTo be fair, many high-status male attire items have descended from swashbuckling, brightly attired, mercs. - clean-shaven, short-haired? originally for the advantage in hand-to-hand combat.[1] - trousers? originally worn (in the mediterranean context) by dope smoking barbarian cavalrymen. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Scythian_comb.jpg/270px-Scythian_comb.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Sc... - puffy renaissance hips? originally from the padding worn under the faulds/culet[2]. (anticipating the rise of plate carrier lower class cosplay in 2020?) https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b5/e3/af/b5e3afaa3d4b6510263c8533b18a53d8.png https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b5/e3/af/b5e3afaa3d4b6510263c... [1] did Kadyrov go from short beard to long beard for religious reasons, or because he's now secure enough as a Border March Lord that he can play statesman instead of soldier? or something else? [2] "Yours, if you talk of tales, and so farewell."
- ycombinete 6y agoGreat info! I'll be mentally playing action movie montage music when I suit up for my meetings, get my hair-cut, or put on comically large hipped renassance pants, going forward.
- 082349872349872 6y agoCompare the "arming formula" of a Homeric ἀριστεία. I understand donning hockey pants helps wheel snipes.