Necktie

A necktie (usually just called a tie) is a piece of material worn around the neck. The modern necktie's original name was the four-in-hand tie. The modern necktie, along with the ascot and the bowtie, are all descended from the cravat. They are mainly worn by men, though they are sometimes worn by women, either as fashionable dress wear or as part of a uniform.

Clip-on ties

The clip-on tie is a tie (bow-tie or four in hand) which is permanently tied into its knot, and which is fixed only to the front of the shirt collar by a metal clip. It is a 20th-century innovation, primarily. Many police forces use the clip-on tie as standard issue as a precaution against officers being strangled with their own tie by an assailant. A variant, especially used for bow-ties, involves an elasticated band that goes round the neck, fastened with a hook-and-eye fastening or similar.

Related Topics:
20th-century - Hook-and-eye fastening

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