Neckwear

Neckwear refers to various styles of clothing worn around the (human) neck. They are worn for fashion, combat, or protection against the influences of weather. Common neckwear today include bow ties, neckties (cravat), scarves, feather boas and shawls. Historically, ruffs and bands were worn.

Mary Sidney wearing a ruff

Erkki Kourula, Justice of the International Criminal Court, wearing a jabot

German politician Dieter Reiter wearing a necktie

George Augustus Henry Sala, wearing an ascot

1818 pamphlet depicting cravat knot styles

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