When wearing a formal suit, wearing a beautiful tie is not only beautiful, but also gives people a sense of elegance and solemnity. However, the tie that symbolizes civilization has evolved from uncivilization. The earliest neckties can be traced back to the ancient Roman Empire. At that time, the soldiers wore scarves on their chests, which were used to wipe the swords. During the battle, drag the swords to the scarves to wipe off the blood on them. Therefore, most modern ties use striped patterns, which originated from this.
The tie has experienced a long and interesting development process in the UK. The UK turned out to be a long-term backward country. In the Middle Ages, the British used pigs, cattle and mutton as their staple foods, and they did not use knives, forks or chopsticks when eating, but grabbed them with their hands. Pick up a large piece and gnaw it in your mouth. Because of the fashionable no-shave tool, adult men have unkempt beards, and when eating, they wipe their beards with their sleeves. Women often have to wash such greasy clothes for men.
After taking the trouble, they came up with a countermeasure. Hang a piece of cloth under the man's collar, which can be used to wipe his mouth at any time, and at the same time nail a few small stones on the cuff. When you wipe your mouth, you will be scratched by stones. As time goes by, British men have changed their uncivilized behavior, and the cloth hanging under the collar and the small stones on the cuffs have naturally become the traditional appendages of British men's shirts. Later, it evolved into a popular ornament - a tie around the neck and buttons on the cuffs, and gradually became a popular style in the world.
When did humans start wearing ties, why did they wear ties, and what were the earliest ties? This is a difficult question to verify. Because there are few historical materials that record the necktie, there are few direct evidences for investigating the necktie, and there are many legends about the origin of the necktie, and everyone has different opinions. To sum up, there are the following statements.
The theory of tie protection believes that the tie originated in the Germans. The Germans lived in the deep mountains and old forests. They drank blood on their hair and wore animal skins to keep warm and cold. In order to prevent the skins from falling, they tied straw ropes around their necks and tied the skins. In this way, the wind cannot blow in from the neck, which not only keeps warm and protects from the wind, but the straw rope around their necks was discovered by Westerners and gradually perfected into a tie.
Others believe that the tie originated from the fishermen at the seaside. The fishermen went to the sea to fish. Because the sea was windy and cold, the fishermen tied a belt around their necks to protect against the wind and keep warm, and gradually the belt became a decoration. Protecting the human body to adapt to the geographical environment and climatic conditions at that time is an objective factor in the production of ties. This kind of straw rope and belt is the most primitive tie.
The tie function theory believes that the origin of the territorial integrity belt is because of the needs of people's life and has a certain purpose. There are two legends here. It is believed that the tie originated from the cloth under the collar of British men for men to wipe their mouths. Before the Industrial Revolution, Britain was also a backward country. When eating meat, you grabbed it with your hands, and then held it to your mouth in large chunks to gnaw. Adult men became popular with beards, and gnawing on large pieces of meat made their beards greasy. Just wipe it with your sleeves.
In order to deal with the unclean behavior of men, women hang a cloth under the collar of men for them to wipe their mouths. Over time, the cloth under the collar has become an appendage of the British men's shirt tradition. After the Industrial Revolution, Britain developed into a developed capitalist country. People were very particular about food, clothing, housing, and transportation, and the cloth hanging under their collars turned into ties.
Another legend holds that neckties were used by the army for practical purposes such as protection from cold and dust during the Roman Empire. When the army went to the front to fight, wives hung scarves similar to silk scarves around their necks for their husbands and friends, and used them to bandage and stop bleeding during the war. Later, in order to distinguish soldiers and companies, different colors of scarves were used, which evolved and developed into today's necessities of professional clothing.
The tie decoration theory believes that the origin of the tie is the expression of the emotion of human beauty. In the mid-17th century, a Croatian cavalry in the French army returned to Paris in triumph. They were dressed in mighty uniforms, with a scarf tied around their necks, of various colors, very beautiful, and they looked very energetic and majestic when riding on horses.
Some Parisian playboys who love to keep up with fashion saw it and were so interested that they followed suit and tied a scarf around their collars. The next day, a minister went to court, tied a white scarf around his neck, and tied a beautiful bow tie on the front. King Louis XIV greatly appreciated it when he saw it, and announced that the bow tie was a sign of nobility, and Order the upper class to dress like this.
To sum up, there are many theories about the origin of the tie, each of which has its own point of view, and it is difficult to convince each other; but it is obvious that the tie originated in Europe. The tie is a product of the material and cultural development of human society to a certain extent, a (opportunity) product whose development is influenced by the wearer and the observer.
Marx said: "The progress of society is the pursuit of beauty by human beings." In real life, in order to beautify themselves, make themselves more perfect and more attractive, human beings have the desire to decorate themselves with objects provided by nature or with man-made objects , the origin of the tie speaks volumes.
In 1668, King Louis XIV of France inspected the Croatian mercenaries in Paris. The cloth ties tied on the collars of the mercenary officers and soldiers were the earliest ties recorded in historical records. The history of the tie began; from then on, a long-lasting and dazzling flower bloomed in the history of clothing culture.
During the reign of Louis XIV of France, due to the influence of Roman military uniforms, the royal Croat coalition gradually became popular with lace piping and simple knots at the neckline as decoration. This is the French Cravate, which is derived from the word Croat. Gradually, the original bow tie was replaced by a smaller turtleneck with ruffles.
It was fashionable at the time to tie a long black ribbon at the bottom of the collar. Later, the tie began to widen, and this style became popular for nearly a century. In 1930, the form of the tie gradually took on what it is today. In 1949, according to the regulations at the time, gentlemen without a tie could not enter formal occasions, and slowly the tie became a special symbol of social status, and thus became popular.
It can be said that a tie and a suit are twin brothers. The production and development of neckties are closely related to the changes of men's clothing in Europe in the seventeenth century. Seventeenth-century European men wore leotards, earrings, floral ruffled shirts, velvet, high curled hairstyles and a small cap that was held up with a fringed stick in the salute.
The shirt is worn inside as underwear, the collar is quite ornately decorated, the high collar has a circle of lace, the collar is embroidered with beautiful ruffles, the collar is folded and folded into a wreath, and these collars are exposed. , visible from the coat. Over the shirt was a vest, then a short coat, stockings and tight breeches.
This kind of flamboyant and extravagant clothing was the most fashionable among the nobility at that time; it was feminine and delicate, and it was a typical men's clothing of the "Rococo" style. Men who wear this kind of clothing "are only different from women because they don't have a spinning wheel." At that time, people made all kinds of efforts to transform men's clothing, but the results were futile.
Until the French bourgeois revolution in the 18th century announced the end of the life of the court nobility, men gave up gorgeous clothes and changed to simple and plain ones. At that time, imperial clothing similar to a tuxedo was popular: the top was high-waisted, the skirt naturally drooped, the large neckline and lantern sleeves, a little dress below the chest, the gorgeous shirt collar was gone, replaced by a folded collar, tied in front of the folded collar Black silk tie or bow tie.
The tie is in the shape of a scarf, made of white linen, cotton, silk, etc. It is wrapped twice around the neck, crossed in front of the collar, and then hung down, or tied into a bow. This can be seen in France's novel "The Tie": "The collar of his dark green jacket stood very high, he wore a Nanjing purple vest, and a wide black silk tie was wrapped around his neck three times." It is said that. The poet Byron was very particular about how to tie a tie. By the time he was satisfied with the style, the ties that were discarded had piled up like a mountain. At that time, women also wore ties. Princess Ann liked to combine black ribbons and lace ties to create elegant and unique bow ties.
Around 1850, suits were adopted as sportswear. By around 1870, people began to wear suits, and the tie became fashionable, an indispensable accessory to match a suit. According to the analysis of some clothing experts, ties just like corsets and skirts show people's gender characteristics, symbolize two rational senses of responsibility, and reflect a serious and law-abiding spiritual world, which is precisely what men deliberately pursued at that time. of.
At this time, the shape of the tie is belt-like, usually cut diagonally, with interlining inside, the length and width vary, and the color is mainly black. The first tie knot is said to have been invented in England in 1868. At the end of the 19th century, the tie knot made by the Duke of Windsor was all the rage. It was a symbol of the artist at the end of the 19th century. At that time, the shape of the tie basically influenced the present.
At the end of the 19th century, the tie was introduced to the United States. Americans invented the string tie (or cowboy tie), and the black string tie was a typical accessory for the 19th century American western and southern gentlemen. Later, there was a type of string tie fixed with a sliding metal ring, called the Paul tie.
Now the tie basically follows the strip style at the end of the 19th century. It is cut diagonally at a 45° angle, with lining cloth and lining silk inside. There are certain standards for length and width, and there are various color patterns. After centuries of evolution and development, with the improvement of civilization, ties have become more and more artistic and delicate, and tend to be more perfect and beautiful in terms of style and color.