Knot for everyone: serving no practical purpose, sales of ties are in decline © Alamy Stock Photo

A brief history of… the tie

3 May 2017

Getting it in the neck never looked so good, but does a tie really suit you?

A person who collects ties is a grabatologist. Richard Branson is one such person, even though he describes himself on his Twitter profile as a “tie-loathing adventurer”. His penchant for cutting people’s ties as a way of bringing a more as relaxed atmosphere to an office environment is well documented. But he has a hotel in Chicago where a wall displays them all.

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