{"id":534,"date":"2012-06-15T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T18:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/15\/fathers-day-tie-2\/"},"modified":"2012-06-15T18:17:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T18:17:00","slug":"fathers-day-tie-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/fathers-day-tie-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Father&#8217;s Day Tie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<\/p>\n<div>\nWhen I was a child the choice of a gift for Father\u2019s Day was<br \/>\nsimple.&nbsp; Either handkerchiefs or a tie<br \/>\nwas wrapped and presented at breakfast.&nbsp;<br \/>\nHandkerchiefs have been replaced with paper tissues and since \u201ccasual\u201d<br \/>\nFriday now means \u201cdon\u2019t wear jeans with holes\u201d these choices of gifts have<br \/>\nmostly been replaced with personal electronics and at a greater price tag.<br \/>\nWhile there a several career positions that require the \u201ccoat and tie\u201d dress<br \/>\ncode most tie collections have been put aside.&nbsp;<br \/>\nThis fashion accessory doesn\u2019t look quite the same when worn with a tee<br \/>\nshirt.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nThere have been many types of neckwear worn by men:<br \/>\nbandanas, fancy lace ruffs and collars, cravats, ascots, bolo and bow<br \/>\nties.&nbsp; But since my gifts were<br \/>\ntraditional \u201cties\u201d I decided to learn a little more about their history.&nbsp; The internet information is quite broad but<br \/>\nthe general consensus is that 1. The Terracotta Army of the first Chinese<br \/>\nEmperor (221BC) wore as part of their uniform a cloth tie around their necks<br \/>\nand 2. The Croations wore such neck cloths and the word \u201ccravat\u201d came from this<br \/>\nsource.&nbsp; One resource even showed a<br \/>\ndemonstration on how to properly tie the \u201ctie\u201d, the most common knot being the<br \/>\n\u201cfour in hand\u201d.&nbsp; Perhaps the most famous<br \/>\nknot is the Windsor Knot named after the Duke of Windsor.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-1C_VJdJeHOc\/T9t44gFIFVI\/AAAAAAAAAOc\/hX_lzqv7J6Q\/s1600\/scan0003.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-1C_VJdJeHOc\/T9t44gFIFVI\/AAAAAAAAAOc\/hX_lzqv7J6Q\/s320\/scan0003.jpg\" width=\"172\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nThe modern tie is made of three pieces of fabric, cut on the<br \/>\nbias and sewn together.&nbsp; Besides the<br \/>\npatterned fabric there is also lining and interfacing fabrics. The standard<br \/>\nlength is 57 inches but the widths vary with the style of the day.&nbsp; Remember the super wide and the very skinny<br \/>\nones?<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ca31rgpj6cM\/T9t7kugdnwI\/AAAAAAAAAOs\/3QfbdB3qdBM\/s1600\/tie+fabric.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"312\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-ca31rgpj6cM\/T9t7kugdnwI\/AAAAAAAAAOs\/3QfbdB3qdBM\/s400\/tie+fabric.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nTie fabric, mid 20thC.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nThis tie fabric shows a man doing housework while his wife<br \/>\nreclines on the sofa.&nbsp; I can imagine the<br \/>\nreaction when this gift was opened.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was a child the choice of a gift for Father\u2019s Day was simple.&nbsp; Either handkerchiefs or a tie was wrapped and presented at breakfast.&nbsp; Handkerchiefs have been replaced with paper tissues and since \u201ccasual\u201d Friday now means \u201cdon\u2019t wear jeans with holes\u201d these choices of gifts have mostly been replaced with personal electronics&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}