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The Origins of the Neck Tie

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The neck tie has its roots in military history. For starters, a collection of terracotta sculptures discovered in 1974 in Xian, China gives insight into the style worn by Chinese soldiers over a thousand years ago. China’s first emperor, Qin Shih Huang, wanted his army to be buried with him as his guardians in the afterlife. Lucky for all the soldiers involved, his advisers convinced him instead to have life sized replicas of his troops made to be used as his protectors throughout eternity.
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@TodayIFoundOut 6 лет назад

Now that you know the origin of the neck tie check out this video and find out about Toads Around Your Neck and Forcing Kids to Smoke- Escaping The Great Plague of London (1665-1666): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-swL-iltxUCs.html

@kingblakistani7007 8 лет назад

Great vid. Should've worn a tie though.

@Metrolija 8 лет назад

+Jerome Ragnaught Totally agree

@TodayIFoundOut 8 лет назад

Haha, totally should have!

@erikk77 7 лет назад

I hate wearing neck ties. Too stuffy!

@harrisonberlin8155 7 лет назад

Romey Specs87 o

@flychomperfly 6 лет назад

yes, i came to comment that he should have worn a tie or at least spent a few seconds explaining why he/others now do not. lol

@humbertsin1994 7 лет назад

Correction. The Romans wore scarves to prevent abrasion to the neck from the lorica segmentata armour.

@NothingIsNot 5 лет назад

They used it even back in the Republican times, also to stop the Lorica Hamata from chafing their necks.

@bleutz 7 лет назад

The Roman focale was used to prevent the armor ans sword baldric from cutting up your neck. We Roman re en-actors consider it a very important part of the kit.

@zoukatron 7 лет назад

Wow! That's a lot of hate towards neckties. I love wearing them, athough rarely have the opportunity with my work now.Maybe worth pointing out, the Ascot/cravat is no longer worn as part of morning dress to the Royal Ascot (or indeed in any other truly formal occasions where morning dress is required in the UK).

@davidbroughall3782 7 лет назад

So what you're saying is that all non-Croats who wear neckties are practicing a form of cultural appropriation.

@davidbroughall3782 7 лет назад

Thank God for that. I was so conflicted.

@Endisupertramp 6 лет назад

I support my fellow Croat's view. 🙂

@leonardo2006able 5 лет назад

Im a croat of course so yall have my allowance

@davidbroughall3782 3 года назад

@Liz Muschinski I've learned plenty, but something you seem to need to learn is how to recognize sarcasm.

@davidbroughall3782 3 года назад

@Liz Muschinski Well, if it makes you feel superior to think that, knock yourself out.

@Mr-qt4xr 7 лет назад

You always manage to come up with questions I didn't even know I wanted to know the answer for. Good vid.

@DaneStolthed 7 лет назад

I love wearing neck ties, mostly because they serve absolutely no function except to embellish the overall outfit. Interesting theory on the evolution of the neck tie thanks for making the video. Big thumbs up!

@NathanHarrison7 Год назад

Excellent video. Subscribed. Thank you for sharing your exhaustive research on the history of the modern tie with us.

@arooobine 7 лет назад

Very high quality content! You are one of the very few informational channels on RU-vid I've learned to trust. Well done!

@ricksmith6637 7 лет назад

I hardly ever wear a tie exept on special occasions I always worked in factories and ties were dangerous around machinery

@coburnlowman 7 лет назад

I remember the 70's when they were short really , really , really wide and the material was extra thick. Just the knot alone had to be registered as a deadly weapon. I was a kid and hated whering those poliester suits with those gawdy ties with the knots so big you couldn't look down . Like having a river rock under your jaw , and chin. Hope that style never comes back again.

@johnmcnaught7453 5 лет назад

I'm eagerly awaiting the video describing the end of the tradition of wearing ties. They serve no useful purpose, but if cought in machinery will kill you.

@iamtimorama 3 года назад

I once worked at a restaurant which required us to wear ties. One of the female servers told me that ties are archaic phallic symbols. Though I don't necessarily agree or disagree, I am glad I am not required to wear one at my current job. I like the feeling of not being subtly choked all day.

@johnbockelie3899 3 года назад

I always thought the neck tie was for strangling your opponent , before he strangled you.

@franohmsford7548 7 лет назад

Some people think? I'd say it's blatantly obvious considering Croatia is Hrvatska in its own Language.

@Rosi_in_space 7 лет назад

Hrvatska > Crvatska > Cravatska>...

@domnioh.7940 7 лет назад

Latin=croaturum

@JeroenTirion 7 лет назад

Roman soldiers wore a shawl like piece of cloth to shield their neck from chaving on their armour.

@DestroyerMariko 7 лет назад

It's weird how an old fashion statement has become something required in certain formal situations. I don't think I'll ever understand formal wear.

@DestroyerMariko 7 лет назад

Since you've decided that about me based on one comment, I'm going to decide you're a total idiot whose opinion I don't give a shit about because you suck at grammar.

@Leathurkatt 7 лет назад

I don't understand "high fashion" and formal wear either. It's cumbersome, constrictive, uncomfortable, and wholly impractical. One can create beautiful garb for formal occasions that are far more comfortable and practical simply by the use of fabrics and trim that compliment and highlight one's best features or stature. Simple medieval tunics and their modern t-shirt equivalents, relaxed fitting pants or jeans, with a belt or sash and a nice low heel boot are extraordinarily comfortable to wear.

@DestroyerMariko 7 лет назад

Yeah, I'm from Australia where suits and ties really don't make sense at all for our climate! Especially a week like this. No one's had much success getting more sensible designs into the mainstream yet though. Whoever invented aircon deserves a medal! O_O

@yashagrawal88 3 месяца назад

@@DestroyerMarikoAir-conditioning is harmful for the environment and not a solution.

@monsterfurby 7 лет назад

Fun fact: In some places (e.g. Germany), a short tie is (or used to be) generally associated with socialist political views, while a long tie is considered more conservative.

@PrezVeto 5 лет назад

Is that why bow ties look professorial? :p

@pepsicherry6389 2 года назад

Living 30 years in germany. Never seen someone with a short necktie. Wth u talking? Fetish necktie experience?

@monsterfurby 2 года назад

@@pepsicherry6389 If we're going by time, I still beat you by half a decade, I'm afraid. But to actually answer your question and not just throw shade: Since neckties in general are going out of fashion, it's not that common anymore. I grew up in a fairly typically conservative family (my parents, born in '43 and '49 have been CDU voters their whole life) so there was some classism at play there. I was specifically taught to never tie it too short because of that association. For those who cared about these kinds of things, a necktie bound short was considered more of an SPD/worker thing, whereas a long necktie was an employer/capitalist/CDU thing. I'm pretty sure that kind of meaning stopped being relevant by the 90s, but older generations and some parts of Germany still maintain the idea.

@samuselton8792 7 лет назад

you guys rule! you're all doing an amazing job!

@chowderstevens9375 7 лет назад

Most of these are just scarfs which serve a purpose...

@MichaelKerr71 7 лет назад

Yes, because this video was showing the evolution of our modern necktie.

@eben2822 8 лет назад

Great video!

@prabhavakini4826 7 лет назад

Wow found you here!!!! You're doing GREAT at visualpolitik

@ClawsandPawsOfficial 7 лет назад

I thought ties became popular for the same reason as suits, Bankers wore them in early 1800's and money has always been associated with power. therefore the suit and tie became a known as a icon of authority and power

@Peasant_of_Pontus 7 лет назад

I love it when people know fuckall about tying a tie and then complain it's making it hard to breathe/restricting/etc. When a tie is properly worn you don't even feel it.

@Raptorifik 7 лет назад

and here I'd been thinking it a symbolic leash.

@dynamicworlds1 7 лет назад

Forget leash, it's a noose.

@Leathurkatt 7 лет назад

Leash, noose... Yup, fully appropriate descriptions. The necktie is indeed a symbol of one's enslavement to the establishment and the 1%. Thus why they are requited so often by the elite establishment, they want everyone to know we are indeed slaves to them, not free people.

@DylanVole 6 лет назад

Yeah, I already know that. And I already know what I'll do to anyone who tries that shit on me!

@ruithinks996 2 года назад

Been watching your videos the last couple of years and you look so different without a beard.

@nrellis666 7 лет назад

And the award for the best neck-wear goes to ... oh it's a tie!

@TheArtKitchin 2 года назад

At first I was like ‘who is this guy imitating the Biographics Dudley’ when I realized that it was you lol

@yukalue 5 лет назад

I love when the ad fits the video. This one is for woolite.

@wholeNwon 7 лет назад

Men and some women who ride to the hunt often wear stock ties. I was told that they were originally cut in such a way that they could be used for field dressing materials in case of injury.

@michaelstolz1797 7 лет назад

Did he say 2010 BC? It was 210BC.

@skipdavis6061 7 лет назад

I know of 3 ways to tie a necktie: four in hand, Windsor, and what I call a half Windsor knot. One fellow I know claims to know 5 or more. I would like to see a video on all the ways to tie a tie!

@sprintershepherd4359 4 года назад

.quote " I would like to see a video on all the ways to tie a tie! " Skip get a life lol

@potatogaming4638 Год назад

@@sprintershepherd4359 thats not nice

@potatogaming4638 Год назад

@@Offse194 be nice

@BeezerWashingbeard 7 лет назад

Used to wonder why people would wear ties, now I wear them every time I can.

@LasOrveloz 7 лет назад

I'd rather wear a hangmans rope rather than a tie. I absolutely hate them, despise them at every imaginable way. The day I wear a tie is a day I'm no longer in control of my own body (IE Dead.)

@heartoffire8481 7 лет назад

^ wtf... dude they're just clothes

@ericmueller6836 7 лет назад

+Heart of Fire A tie is clothing as much as a pulling a coin from your pocket makes you a metallurgist.

@BeezerWashingbeard 7 лет назад

The definition of clothing includes ties.

@ericmueller6836 7 лет назад

Definitions can change. We can start with tie.

@gregg4 7 лет назад

My understanding as to why the romans wore a tie is to prevent chafing from their metal armour.

@hs3327 7 лет назад

I'm amazed as to how military dress during the age of muskets was so flamboyant and impractical.

@maturetranny68patton79 7 лет назад

could the neck cloth have been for cooling an heat exchange , as it was soaked with water or presperation. providing cooling?

@stevenschleps3747 7 лет назад

Simone, you came close to cinching the origin. Sadly it seems you missed one important point. At least as I have learned it. I was taught that the origin of the tie came about one, or possibly two, hundred years prior to the Napoleonic wars. Used by various factions of the northern Italian city-states by thier Cavalry. It was used during battle as a means of distinguishing friend from foe. Hope that is still useful for you. Thank for your informative and often humorous videos.

@cernowaingreenman 7 лет назад

How is the tie related to the clerical collar of clergy?

@samuselton8792 7 лет назад

holy cow, Charles the 2nd was quite a looker.

@LaserMonkey 5 лет назад

its interesting how in Spanish the work for neck tie is corbata which is similar to cravate. Interesting to learn how words influence other words

@ozdergekko 8 лет назад

Very interesting. I hate ties (German: Krawatte). Luckily, I never had jobs where they expect you to wear a tie. So I wore one only once in over 20 years -- at my father's burial.

@potatogaming4638 Год назад

why did he burial?

@neopersia99 7 лет назад

Hello please help me!!!! The picture at 4:08 of a brick/glass roof structure...what is called? I been looking for hours!!!

@MrBigangry 5 лет назад

Neckties are like pocket knives. They are all worn around the neck and all have multiple uses. It is like a boy scout motto be prepared. You can do a lot with a bit of clothe shaped in various ways. It is considered ungentlemanly to not have a neck tie because a gentleman should always be prepared.

@walkertongdee 7 лет назад

dude those are scarfs not ties

@pixyireproductions 7 лет назад

Walkertongdee they are the predecessors to the modern ties that we now have

@MrWolfheart111 5 лет назад

Oh my Simons come a long way in three years... :)

@beriorgar 7 лет назад

so what about bow ties? how, when and why did they branch from regular ties?

@benjaminsmith9823 3 месяца назад

Holy crap. Super young whistle boy without the epic beard.

@ilovemartinmilner 5 лет назад

During the part about the ascott, I pictured Fred from Scooby-Doo.

@johnbockelie3899 3 года назад

In the cowboy days, nobody really liked to talk about " neck ties".

@trudesk628 7 лет назад

You forgot to talk about why it became standard business and formal wear, and what about the bow-tie?

@susanb4816 7 лет назад

i think Beau Brummell pioneered the modern men's suit and tie look and he did in 1840 so i a confused by the reference to edward vii

@CieJe.Alexander 5 лет назад

How about a vid on bow tie, black tie, white tie, tails, etc., dress affairs/events? Also blue collar vs. white collar? And the cleric's collar? And the scarves of the early pilots? Also I'm from Texas and I must point out that. Bolo ties have been completely overlooked here! And the Western or string tie too.

@nepnepnepnepnep 7 лет назад

in not sure why people say that wearing a tie is uncomfortable. you're not supposed to tie it really tightly to the point where you can't breathe

@batachyah1153 7 лет назад

nep nep right I like them wear it app the time

@handimanjim4378 7 лет назад

The history of the Tuxedo, Please

@puljano 3 года назад

Necktie is from Croatia...like Nikola Tesla,Marco Polo,San Marino,Deoklician,Josip Broz Tito,Penkala

@Offshoreorganbuilder 7 лет назад

This is interesting, but you have perpetuated the confusion between the Day Cravat, the Ascot and the Ruche tie.

@rascalguy60 6 лет назад

Haha I'm actually wearing a tie

@fattiger6957 7 лет назад

i read that romans wore neckscarfs to prevent chafing from their armour

@timsvea5980 7 лет назад

I love wearing a necktie as long as it matches my ensemble. It conveys a sense of dignity and gravitas at my work place. I am not "stuffy" but I dislike the slovenliness of modern tendencies in dress and manners.

@owenbevt3 7 лет назад

I hate to brake it to you but if you think all modern tendencies are slovenliness you probably are a stuff.

@timsvea5980 7 лет назад

Actually, I don't think all modern tendencies are slovenly; just some of them. By the way, I think you mean to say that I am probably a "stiff" not a "stuff." Also, you mean to say "break it to you" rather than "brake it to you." Being correct is not being a "stiff" or "stuffy." Ask any employer or teacher.

@owenbevt3 7 лет назад

haha arguing over which is the correct slang word, pointing to teachers as examples on non stuffy and feeling class room standers apply to a u tube post just proves my point. I think life will be better if you relax a little, and let more things pass.

@timsvea5980 7 лет назад

LoL. Ok, I will be stuffy and you can be slovenly. Then everyone will be happy. I like you. You are funny.

@ralphthewonderllama4923 7 лет назад

The neck cloths on the statues could've been a way to make a weak point in the statues more sturdy.

@the-scamp 3 года назад

Lol@ "NECKtie"

@Trackrace29582 7 лет назад

I thought it was a mini noose

@--Paws-- 7 лет назад

People wear scarves in a similar manner today.

@Keyumiz 6 лет назад

Do one for bolo ties history

@stephjovi 4 года назад

interesting to hear that the original name was cravate since in German its`s called Krawatte and is pretty much pronounced like cravate , only difference is we pronounce the e at the end.

@DarkZtorm 7 лет назад

The Roman soldiers was wearing those "scarfs" or "neck ties" as protektion. Because when you have an tight armor on you it will scratsh your neck and throat. Metal pressed against skin and movements does not mix well. This has been used even after the romans depending on the design of the armor. So there is actually a practical reason for it.

@thomaslevy2119 7 лет назад

In the days of steam railroads train crews tied bandanas around their necks much like ties. They had a practical purpose by keeping hot cinders that fell from their locomotives smoke stacks from going down their necks. Ouch!

@IronheadOfScroteus 7 лет назад

They're great for that "sharp-dressed man" look, but I personally hate wearing them. I only wear one to funerals and weddings and take it off at the first appropriate opportunity.

@That_Freedom_Guy 2 месяца назад

The fact that the tie has become compulsory in most "proper" institutions and business houses makes it a symbol of conformity and obedience like a dogs leash. Or perhaps it is the hangman's rope!

@joelellis7035 7 лет назад

I think you should have added some bonus facts about tie etiquette, like whether a person needs to button the top button of their shirt while wearing a tie.

@Vlad-wi1rj 7 лет назад

Joel Ellis you most definitely need to button the top button when wearing a tie, unless it absolutely refuses to.

@PongoXBongo 7 лет назад

The tip of the tie should just kiss your belt buckle. Also, if you're not wearing a tie, you most definitely need to unbutton the top button. And don't sit around with your suit coat on all day. Sorry, pet peeves of mine.

@aromaladyellie 7 лет назад

Four-in-the-hand is the only one I can do lol. I think ties just look snazzy.

@Zornhau231 5 лет назад

I’ve heard it said that when the Vikings were sailing into Paris the French saw their scarfs and the tradition from there. Don’t know if there’s any truth to it.

@jjramos46 7 лет назад

we should bring back the old school look.

@braddharma 7 лет назад

I love me some sweet ties. Picked up a bit of good old fat ties from the 50's + at the goodwill shops.

@fahibmmn 7 лет назад

can anyone tell me what that place in the picture at 4:03 is?

@cinne2135 7 лет назад

Matheus Novaes looks like it could be La Grand Palais

@baarni 7 лет назад

what about the origin of the bow tie? and the colonel sanders string tie?

@diegobrand6970 7 лет назад

I think those are just alternate designs for the cloth that developed around different knots.

@warriorcatskid003 6 лет назад

The eleventh Doctor traveling back in time and someone seeing him lead to bow ties. Because they are cool

@AhmedDeedatPalestine 4 года назад

He looks like Ralph Fiennes.

@angelwhispers2060 7 лет назад

an ascot Tie and a bow tie are not the same thing. This Vedio Entertainment level 8/10 Fact level 4/10

@halnywiatr 7 лет назад

Nothing about the direction of stripes? English stripes being bar sinister descending from the left and American descending from the right.

@allardfreichmann3733 7 лет назад

The tie is a phallus symbol.

@Da13th_Magician 2 года назад

no wonder i always hated and still hate that tie thing...

@paris9332 7 лет назад

The neck ties would have initially been worn by those who had flu during war so that they could sneeze into it. No surprise only a few wore it :)

@kirbymarchbarcena 7 лет назад

I feel strangled whenever I wear a tie...

@walden6272 5 лет назад

A tie is a symbol of a noose of conformity.

@PockASqueeno 7 лет назад

Huh, I'd always heard that neckties were originally invented to wipe one's face at the dinner table. Urban legend I guess.

@613aristocrat 4 года назад

Ties are just tools for self strangulation. I try to avoid them when I can.

@CC-hr3lg 7 лет назад

Neck ties started in the middle age when knights used tie of leather as an extension their armor to protect the worrier's neck during battle. The US marines also used a device like this during the battles for the Philippines during the Spanish American war. evolved from that to attract women

@davidwestwater3028 5 лет назад

Over a thousand years ago? Alot longer then a thousand more like 2 maybe 3

@uruiamnot 6 лет назад

No mention of the "Windsor" tie? Humbug. I have an interesting variation on the necktie knot... I should post a video on its construction, utility, and advantages over the 4-in-hand and the Windsor knot.

@adriennefloreen 7 лет назад

I must ask, why didn't you wear a tie for this video?

@MrMusiclover41 7 лет назад

How about bow ties?

@MechaSkingles 7 лет назад

Woah hold up one second.... There's more than one way of tying a tie?!

@Kntrytnt 7 лет назад

Honestly there are hundreds probably. Some are absolutely ridiculous, some are quite smart looking. There are even youtube channels devoted to just teaching tie tying.

@soterioncoil2163 7 лет назад

I'm a man who hates ties.

@afh7689 7 лет назад

Soterion Coil You're not alone.

@Stepjer75 7 лет назад

You missed the Windsor knot, designed for the Prince of Wales.

@2ndviolin 7 лет назад

ties can get caught in machinery 😯

@240pixel 7 лет назад

Well I am wearing one now ;/ part of my uniform..

@a.bookmonkey6790 5 лет назад

what about bow ties? (the coolest tie)

@GazilionPT 7 лет назад

About the relation of the "cravat" with the Croats, you failed to mention "Croat" in Croatian is "hrvati", with "hr" being pronounced as the "Chr" in "Christ". So, passing from "hrvati" to "cravat" was even a smaller corruption than from "Croat"

@petarkresimirkrizmanic8206 5 лет назад

Ima not sure where you got that info but as a nativ speaker i can give you a hint. All croatian words are pronunced exactly as the're written so the "hr" in "hrvati" is always going to be "hr" and not "chr".

@puljano 3 года назад

@@petarkresimirkrizmanic8206 in France Croatian People call Kravat...the nicktie they call Kravat..this is the same...nicktie is from Croatia

@Lordofzeldafed 7 лет назад

so much tie hate in the comments. I kinda like ties

@CC-hr3lg 7 лет назад

Ties were neck protection from sword attack

@erra3608 7 лет назад

Bonus fact: Like President Kennedy started the trend for western men being hat-less, the japanese prime minister wants to get rid of the tie. It is not the tie in special, Sinzo Abe wants to make business clothing as simple and light as possible, so that - for the sake of the environment - air condition wastes less energy.