Cravattiade

The illusions of bioengineering and robotics appear to be leading to the materialization of the old superhuman myth. In reality, each and every man has always been a superhuman: being able to project beyond his nature into the dimensions of language, arts and fashion. A garment, with its unpredictable inventions …

Long live V.E.R.D.I.! -Vittorio Emanuele Re ( king ) D’Italia ( of Italy ). This motto by the patriots of the Italian unification  – risurgence – sounds certainly rather tired nowadays. When it comes to the tie though a certain amount of patriotism would be easily justified: 2 out of …

Sometimes the tie happens to become a livery, a uniform, a flag even. An important statement, appropriate for important meetings. Amongst the better known the presidential ties spring to mind: the summit ties, diplomatic flagships. Only when meeting “Madame guillotine” sovereigns would lose their ties: only a blip, an exception …

The tie and avant-garde art have in common creativity and their constant metamorphosis. Paradoxically, if a rule were to be identified here, in both case it would be transgression. Everything is possible and allowed in art and fashion. The original and new, if at first apparently difficult to process, don’t …

In the modern tribes, access to the grown-up and wise old men’s clan (politicians, managers, professional people) strictly requires the presence of the tie, to the extent that during the years of the youth protest, a rejection of the tie somewhat represented the hostility towards power and the older generation. …