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#121 ·
But has a cravat got any practical use? Scarves or shemaghs can protect you from the sun or cold. Is a cravat just for show?

Ray winston wears an interesting item of neck wear in kingdom of the crystal skull. I was wondering what exactly it was he was wearing? Kind of just tied it around the neck which is nothing i had seen before.
 
#122 ·
Preu Pummel said:
IMy only way of wearing a public, every day cravat is with a vest and in a rusch knot so it appears more like a tie and less like a flaring napkin jammed in my neck. The flair is folded together and pinned (cravat pin, but usually a tie chain).
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At which point it ceases to be a cravat, if it ever was one, and becomes an Ascot or a tie.
Are we going to have to do the whole "an ascot is not a cravat" thing again?

A cravat is as much the way it is worn as it is the item i.e. a scarf, worn inside the shirt, folded over once.

The thing worn on the shirt with a pin is an Ascot.
 
#123 ·
I think Mr Tweed is trying too hard.
I'm not saying you have to be manor born to pull off a cravat, but Jack Tweed is a violent felon, probably uneducated, and famous only for participation in a reality show that features low brow, dysfunctional, and anti-social behavior, and selects participants accordingly. That his surname originates in the Scottish borders may partially explain this, it isnt so of every modern person with roots in that area. Were all decended from violent brutes after all...
He just isnt able to "pull it off" as his otherwise trendy outfit looks like it was purchased the day before just for the occasion.
 
#126 ·
Earl of Ormonde said:
At which point it ceases to be a cravat, if it ever was one, and becomes an Ascot or a tie.
Are we going to have to do the whole "an ascot is not a cravat" thing again?

A cravat is as much the way it is worn as it is the item i.e. a scarf, worn inside the shirt, folded over once.

The thing worn on the shirt with a pin is an Ascot.
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How many times do we have to straighten that one out?
 
#127 ·
Low key cravat action

By the way, wearing cravat (BrE) or ascot (AmE) does not have to be done in a retired playboy style. Here is my boss trying a less conspicuous way to get into cravat action:

It works out all right I think. So far our visitors (well, actually, 1 visitor, that is) have rated it 5 out of 5. Follow this link if you wish to take a vote:

I also wrote a little something quite a while ago trying to encourage my web-log readers to put on a cravat:

If you have not read it before, perhaps you will find it interesting.

Yours,
Mr. Tweed
 
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