How colours, stripes and patterns on the tie became a discreet language of shared identity

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How colours, stripes and patterns on the tie became a discreet language of shared identity
How the repetition of a single form turns the tie into a rhythm of colour, pattern and difference
How the tie remains one of the few stable signs of identity as the face dissolves into darkness in Bacon’s portraits.
How an everyday garment crosses the boundary between image, object and personal sign

The History of the Croatian Necktie

How colours, stripes and patterns on the tie became a discreet language of shared identity
How the repetition of a single form turns the tie into a rhythm of colour, pattern and difference
How the tie remains one of the few stable signs of identity as the face dissolves into darkness in Bacon’s portraits.
How an everyday garment crosses the boundary between image, object and personal sign

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