We will show you the most important and the commonest cravat knots. Later we will show more complicated and rarely used knots which are used only by the best cravat-knotting masters. We recommend the so called reinforced knot. With it, a cravat forms a luxuriant knot which will not go unnoticed. And these are the first knots we are going …

Have you ever heard of Superman? And Spiderman? Have you ever noticed something missing on them? They are missing a tie! That round neck gives them away. Those are first sentences of Ivana Keser Battista’s article published in a newspapers “Local – Global” which are part of her project “The exhibition of the local newspapers” produced for exhibition “Manifesta I” …

In the 17th century during the Thirty Years War, the French loved the scarves they saw around the necks of Croatian soldiers. They were simple, colourful, fluttering and tied in an elegant way. They were completely opposite to their starched high-lace collars. They named that scarf after Croats – la cravat. Why did Croatian soldiers wear the scarves? In Croatian …

Some of the most famous quotations about the cravat are available here. The mysticism and the symbolic of the cravat is best seen in the sentences of famous people who considered the cravat not only an accessory, but a way of living and contemplating.   A well-knotted cravat is the first serious step in a man’s life. Oscar Wilde La …

There is no colour, pattern or shape that popular psychology will not associate with a certain character trait. According to some psychologic research, in their stripes, colours, squares and dots cravats hide habits, vices and whims of their owners. If one is interested in making witty remarks when passing someone in the street, here is a list of necktie colours …

A cravat, symbol of culture and elegance, is associated with Croats. They have not actually patented it, but they spread it as an accesorry across Europe in the 17th century. Then it became and, to this day, remained a necessary article of clothing under the name of Croatia. What is the histoy of the cravat? After Turkish attacks, the Croatian …