18th October – The Cravat day!

The purpose of Cravat DayThe installation “A Cravat around the Arena”, performed on 18th October 2003 in Pula, created by Marijan Bušić, was as a world scale spectacle, seen on world television by more than a billion people. It was assessed as “the most ambitious, most well-thought out concept and project to promote the Croatian identity” (Ive Šimat Banov). Through …

Cravat day 2010 in Croatia and the World

The Croatian origin of the cravat During the Thirty Years War in the 17th century (1618-1648) Croatian soldiers were known everywhere as exceptional warriors, and they joined the French royal army. Alongside their military skills they were noted for one detail. They wore a kerchief tied around their necks. That kerchief, tied in a knot, quickly spread as a fashion …

Tie-art by Nicholas Daddazio

Nicholas B. Daddazio is an artist devoted to the study of the cravat and its symbolism. He is also a special correspondent for Academia Cravatica from New York. His study of the cravat resulted in production of a large collection of bronce cravat sculptures that he had started making in 1992. In year 2005, he included giant mixed-media necktie sculptures …

Materials that go together

When one chooses a cravat to wear that day, one also has to pay attention to the material. There are certain rules that should be followed to make the choice easier. For example, because it is not possible to be hot and cold at the same time, there is no reason why one should wear a woollen cravat with a …

Cravat psychology

Psychology and clinic psychology have studied the cravat as a unique fashion phenomenon. Here are some interesting insights. If a person wears only one cravat type: striped patterns reveal a powerful will and power aspirations conservative people wear green cravats people who want to please everybody wear polka-dot patterns eccentric people wear flashy cravats introverted people usually wear black cravats.

Advice from the past

Here is some advice from Count Della Galda’s book (1827) “The art of knotting cravats in usual and unusual ways in sixteen lessons”. Here are some guidelines on which cravats to take on a journey. A man should never travel without a small suitcase in which he will put his cravat collection. The suitcase should contain: 1. a dozen of …

Style, strictness and imagination in wardrobe of an elegant man

Wardrobe is a French word: garde (to keep, preserve) and robe (clothing, wardrobe). It keeps not only our clothing garments, but our secrets, mysteries, and continuous games as well.Good wardrobe, i.e. a number of clothing garments and fashion details which can be combined together, is created at the same moment when a desired vision of one´s appearance and style is …

How to match a cravat and a suit

A cravat is an important accessory and it should match our attire in material, pattern and colour. If one does not have many cravats, it is sufficient to have two plain cravats which can be worn on several occasions. When a plain cravat is worn with a patterned shirt or suit, one should make sure that the colours match. For …