Regency Fashion: Cravate Sentimentale

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Today we learn, from the Art of Tying the Cravat (1828) how to tie a cravate sentimentale.  But first, a little exposition, then a lot of art:

LESSON VI Cravate Sentimenlale Plate C fig 15 The name alone of this Cravat is sufficient to explain that it is not alike suitable to all feces You then whom nature has not gifted with skins of silk eyes of fire with complexions rivalling the rose and lily you to whom she has denied pearly teeth and coral lips a gift which in our opinion would be rather inconvenient you in fact whose faces do not possess that sympathetic charm which in a moment at a glance spreads confusion o er the senses and disorder and trouble in the hearts of all who behold D 2
you be careful how you expose to public gaze a head like that of a peruquier We repeat avoid it and be assured that if your physiognomy does not inspire sensations of love and passion and you should adopt the C ravate Senti mentale you will be a fair butt for the shafts of ridicule which with no unsparing hand will be showered upon you on all sides It is therefore for the juvenile only that it is at all adapted and there should even be something boyish in the general appearance of the wearer It may then be worn from the age of seventeen to twenty seven but after that age it cannot with propriety be patronized by even the most agreeable It must be allowed that this style is completely opposed to the Orientate and Collier de Cheval It must be strongly starched and fastened with a single rosette at the top as near as possible to the chin It is more fashionable in the country than in town Cambric is generally preferred

Start with the general hints for tying a cravat, if you need a primer, here.

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