The history of women and neckties

March 29, 2009 on 6:55 pm | By admin | In Business | No Comments

Have you ever stopped to consider why it is that women don’t wear neckties? Why don’t you see women wearing pressed shirts all done up at the collar with a neat silk tie? The answer is quite easy: it’s because neckties went hand in hand with shirts, which were always considered the appropriate attire for a man. Western women had to wear dresses, and, where these dresses required a closing device like a necktie, they would opt for the more feminine scarf. Fashion keeps reinventing itself, and, while we do occasionally see women wearing silk ties, they are more likely to wear a scarf or do away with the necktie function altogether.