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**adoreorerie** · 10-26-2010, 09:22 PM

The neck tie was used to keep the shirt top together before the advent of buttons. The collar was invented to hide the part of the tie that goes around the neck (ok, I made that last one up).

Um, the button and the collar predate the necktie by some 300 years.

10-26-2010, 09:22 PM	#23
adoreorerie Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 410 Senior Member	The neck tie was used to keep the shirt top together before the advent of buttons. The collar was invented to hide the part of the tie that goes around the neck (ok, I made that last one up). Um, the button and the collar predate the necktie by some 300 years.
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