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The History of the Tie - VII
Disappearance of the Necktie
at Horse Races & Performances
Traditionally, these two pastimes were considered elegant and formal affairs, in which attendees dressed in a dignified and very elegant way. As we will see, these activities were also infected by the casual revolution in only a matter of years.
Horse races then…

Kentucky Derby, early 1900s Celebrities at Hollywood Park, 1940

Princess Diana at the Royal Ascot, late 1980s Spanish horse racers with friends, 1990

Del Mar Racetrack, 2013 Kentucky Derby, 2017

Celebrities at Del Mar Racetrack, 2016

Belmont Stakes, New York, 2015

Movie theater in New York City, 1940s Vienna Philharmonic concert, early 20th century

Inauguration of London concert hall, 1951 Boston Symphony concert, 1985

William Primrose, violist, 1940s Leonard Bernstein, conductor, 1973

Pianist Alexei Sultanov in performance, 1995 Cellist Yo Yo Ma in performance, 1997

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concert, 2014 LA Philharmonic executives at a concert, 2012

New World Symphony “Pulse” Concert, 2011

Conductor Valery Gergiev in concert, 2010 Composer John Adams, 2007

Pianist Lang Lang in concert, 2016 Berlin Philharmonic's Cellists in concert, 2008
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