Word: cravate
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...keening whistle sounded over the Italian countryside as a small train appeared in the middle distance. At the fairground platform, Oliver J. Swindleton fiddled with his stolen cravat and practiced his Italian accent.“Eh...veridamente molto bene. A-pleased-ah to meet you signora! Mozzarella...vino...andante!”Squeaking slightly, the miniature engine pulled into the station. The coupling rod of the middle wheel slowly and rhythmically turned and straightened. Ollie immediately recognized Felicity’s elegant head as she sat in one of the little passenger cars. He glanced at her again?...
...have survived nearly 400 years of social change. Neck adornments have been worn since ancient times to signify title or wealth or even just to sop up sweat. But modern, mostly decorative neckwear dates from King Louis XIV of France, who first popularized the tie's predecessor, the cravat, after spotting the bow-tie-like embellishment on 17th century Croatian soldiers...
...know that the first issue of “Scene,” Harvard’s magazine of “Society, Style, & Living” debuted in drop-boxes across the campus this month. The cover features a blurry picture of a young man tying his cravat and, apparently, wearing a gigantic, gold cocktail ring. On sight of this piece of man-jewelry, I was deeply impressed. “So, this is how the men at Harvard occupy their time!” I yelped with joy. “I thought they only did math problem...
...Barry Lyndon, also based on a Thackeray novel about an ill-born social outsider on the rise. It too was a beautiful film, but it did not merely record a lost world; it peered at it?as if the fold of a dress or the knot of a cravat might possibly contain the secret of life. Or at least a useful clue to correct behavior...
...Barry Lyndon, also based on a Thackeray novel about an ill-born social outsider on the rise. It too was a beautiful film, but it did not merely record a lost world; it peered at it--as if the fold of a dress or the knot of a cravat might possibly contain the secret of life. Or at least a useful clue to correct behavior...