Sunday, December 02, 2007

Cravat News

Some while back, I posed the question: The Cravat - is it too late? As far as I recall, responses were desultory and negative. The cravat was going the way of spats and there was no saving it now. Well, it seems that judgment might have been premature. Watching Strictly Come Dancing last night (as everybody does - don't deny it), there was that fine young fellow Matt Di Angelo - a bit of a razor-dodger, but the glass of fashion and the mould of form - dancing a splendid tango while wearing... a cravat! Early days yet, but I think we are seeing the green shoots of a cravat recovery. You read it here first.
Posted by Nige at 9:53 am

4 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 02, 2007 4:59 pm

    Is *that* what a cravat is? A tucked in scarf thing? (I thought those were called "dickies.") Until this video, I thought cravats were proto-ties, the kind you see in Victorian paintings, pinned with a diamond over the shirt and tucked into the waistcoat.

    You are educating me, Nigel.

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  2. NigeDecember 03, 2007 10:28 am

    I think the Victorians called that (confusingly) a stock, Susan. Another sad loss...

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  3. AnonymousDecember 03, 2007 5:29 pm

    I most certainly do deny watching "Strictly come dancing". I think that your assertion is "strictly sloppy journalism".

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  4. Allan DoddsOctober 26, 2008 7:49 pm

    All of us trendies in the 1960s used to wear either a cravat or a Munrospun tie.

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