over the doublet collar. It is possible that initially cravats were worn to hide soil on shirts.

History

According to 1828 encyclopedic The Art of Tying the Cravat: Demonstrated in Sixteen Lessons, the Romans were the first to wear knotted kerchiefs around their necks, but the modern version of the cravat (French: la cravate) originated in the 1660s. During the Thirty Years' War, King Louis XIV of France enlisted

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