Manners, Customs, Clothing
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The History of the Tie - VI
Disappearance of the Necktie
at Weddings & Galas
This year is celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Sorbonne Revolution of 1968, the landmark event of the Cultural Revolution.
This Revolution’s final goal was anarchy – an extreme form of egalitarianism – and this principle has seeped into many aspects of our post-Sorbonne world. This infiltration of vulgarity and egalitarianism also entered the realm of clothing.
We have seen this especially in the discarding of the necktie, a longstanding symbol of hierarchy and sacrality, mentioned in my previous articles on the necktie (1, 2, 3 , 4, and 5).
Today, in the sixth installment of this series on the necktie, I thought it fitting to illustrate this revolutionary disappearance of the necktie in pictures. In this and in the next articles, the pictures will speak for themselves.
Weddings then...
![Vintaqge photos depicting weddings where the men all wore neckties](images/C050_Wedding_2.jpg)
And now...
![Modern wedding photograph showing casual and vulgar attire without ties](images/C050_Wedding_3.jpg)
![Modern wedding photograph showing casual and vulgar attire without ties](images/C050_Wedding_5.jpg)
![Modern wedding photograph showing casual and vulgar attire without ties](images/C050_Wedding_6.jpg)
Galas, dances & awards then...
![ties at a USO formal dance in the 1940's](images/C050_Gala_1.jpg)
![Formal attire at the golden globe awards in 1958 and 1970](images/C050_Gala_2.jpg)
And now...
![vulgar and tie-less attire at modern award ceremonies](images/C050_Gala_3.jpg)
![vulgar and tie-less attire at modern award ceremonies](images/C050_Gala_4.jpg)
![vulgar and tie-less attire at modern award ceremonies](images/C050_Gala_5.jpg)
Continued
This Revolution’s final goal was anarchy – an extreme form of egalitarianism – and this principle has seeped into many aspects of our post-Sorbonne world. This infiltration of vulgarity and egalitarianism also entered the realm of clothing.
We have seen this especially in the discarding of the necktie, a longstanding symbol of hierarchy and sacrality, mentioned in my previous articles on the necktie (1, 2, 3 , 4, and 5).
Today, in the sixth installment of this series on the necktie, I thought it fitting to illustrate this revolutionary disappearance of the necktie in pictures. In this and in the next articles, the pictures will speak for themselves.
Weddings then...
![Vintaqge photos depicting weddings where the men all wore neckties](images/C050_Wedding_1.jpg)
![Vintaqge photos depicting weddings where the men all wore neckties](images/C050_Wedding_2.jpg)
![Modern wedding photograph showing casual and vulgar attire without ties](images/C050_Wedding_3.jpg)
![Modern wedding photograph showing casual and vulgar attire without ties](images/C050_Wedding_4.jpg)
![Modern wedding photograph showing casual and vulgar attire without ties](images/C050_Wedding_5.jpg)
![Modern wedding photograph showing casual and vulgar attire without ties](images/C050_Wedding_6.jpg)
![ties at a USO formal dance in the 1940's](images/C050_Gala_1.jpg)
![Formal attire at the golden globe awards in 1958 and 1970](images/C050_Gala_2.jpg)
![vulgar and tie-less attire at modern award ceremonies](images/C050_Gala_3.jpg)
![vulgar and tie-less attire at modern award ceremonies](images/C050_Gala_4.jpg)
![vulgar and tie-less attire at modern award ceremonies](images/C050_Gala_5.jpg)
![Johnyy Depp and James McAvoy going tieless at award ceremonies](images/C050_Gala_6.jpg)
Continued
![Blason de Charlemagne](../images/Blason.png)
Posted January 12, 2018
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