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Clothing's least functional item, worth a billion-dollar industry built on knots and ego.
means The category of decorative items worn around the neck, including ties, scarves, cravats, and bow ties.
from A plain English compound — neck plus wear — that arrived in the 1800s when menswear catalogs needed a tidy umbrella for an exploding market of throat ornaments.
Knot countThe four-in-hand tie has 85 ways to knot.
Cravat rootsNamed for Croatian soldiers' scarves, seen by Parisians.
Pure decorTies serve no purpose since detachable collars vanished.