1. Place the cravat cloth around your collar with the right side extending slightly longer than the left. 2. Placing the right side over and under the left, create a loose X with the cloth, leaving ...

Strange as Croatia's "Cravat Day" on October 18 may sound to an American, this celebration actually commemorates an element of national heritage. Croatia, after all, claims to have pioneered that most ...

If you're wearing a necktie to work today, you can thank (or blame) the Croatians for this stylish invention. The necktie's predecessor, a short knotted garment called the cravat, is a source of pride ...

Don't quit your job if you're tired of the suit and tie. After 20 years of wearing the business man's uniform, Calgary lawyer Claudius du Plooy tried to find an ascot — a men's fashion item that was a ...

Noted cravat-wearer Nicholas Parsons has lamented the neckwear's retreat from frontline fashion. Is it about to make a comeback, asks Jon Kelly. Unfasten your top button and start polishing the brass ...

Would it be considered jejune to wear a cravat in the summer? I’ve been scouring eBay for one without success. And the big question: cravat or ascot, which is the superior neck garment? Mr Dapper: ...

Cool in a cravat: Grace Kelly can't resist Cary Grant dressed like that in To Catch A Thief Credit: Photo: Rex Features Cometh the hour, cometh the man, wearing a cravat. Speaking this week at the ...

Croatia has a museum of taxidermy frogs, a museum of hangovers and a museum of broken relationships - and now it has a museum dedicated to the tie. The unique museum celebrates the office-wear staple ...

Yesterday was Cravat Day in Croatia. The cravat, the prototype for the modern necktie, first appeared in Croatia in the seventeenth century. In belated recognition of the occasion, please enjoy this ...

Noted cravat-wearer Nicholas Parsons has lamented the neckwear's retreat from frontline fashion. Is it about to make a comeback, asks Jon Kelly. Unfasten your top button and start polishing the brass ...