Edited by the Swiss National Museum in Zürich
With Essays by Francina Chiara, Markus Ebner, Andrea Franzen, Anna Lisa Galizia, Joya Indermühle, Thomas Isler, Leonardo R. Koos, Alan Prada, Alexis Schwarzenbach, Christina Sonderegger, Andreas Spillmann, Luca Tori, Nic Ulmi, Philip Ursprung, and Martin Widmer
Scheidegger & Spiess, Zürich 2014, 280 pages, 148 color plates, 25 halftones, Hardcover, English, 27,3 x 34,6 cm, ISBN 978-3-85881-758-7
A tie reveals a lot about its wearer, his social position, his aesthetic tastes or political stance. From the early 17th until the beginning of the 20th century, a diverse combination of fabrics, colours and knots adorned the male - and occasionally also the female - neck.
Today, the tie is back in fashion and as an accessory newly interpreted, traditions are questioned, and so is the appropriate context for wearing a tie. This new book draws on the vast collection and archives held at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich.
Coinciding with a major exhibition at the museum, The Tie features a wealth of images documenting the history and ever changing aesthetics of the neck tie, but also of designers' and manufacturers' sample collections, art works, and a photographic essay by Swiss photographer Walter Pfeiffer. Essays are contributed by international authors including scholars, fashion critics, and journalists.
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