Neckties are stupid. Could they also make you stupid? The former statement is my personal opinion, as I rarely wear neckties, but what about the latter? A study published in the journal Neuroradiology ...

It’s got a glamorous grip on the throats of Gen Z — and it’s not letting up. The necktie, that is. Yes, the formal fashion frill once worn exclusively by blowhard businessmen and dads at funerals is, ...

Q A couple of disagreements. One, having taught in five English departments, I'm not sure you are right to describe bow ties as characteristically worn by English professors (and certainly not with ...

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Neckties have long been a component of men’s formalwear. Most historians agree that the necktie originated in the 17th century and can be traced back to the Thirty Years’ War in Central Europe. At ...

Tehran — Mohammad Javad enters a fashionable shop in well-to-do north Tehran with his mother. For the first time ever he wants a necktie, long banned in Iran as a symbol of Western decadence. The ...