Regency Fashion: Cravate a la Byron

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Cravate a la Byron Plate C fig 16 As Lord Byron differed so widely from the world in general we can hardly expect to find in the Cravat worn by this prince of poets any of that elegance recherchee which generally characterizes an Englishman of rank It is universally allowed that the last constraint of the body has a corresponding effect on the mind and it must therefore be admitted that to a certain extent a tight Cravat will cramp the imagination and as it were suffocate the thoughts That Lord Byron feared this effect is proved
from his submitting to the inconveniences of a Cravat only when accommodating himself to the bienseances of society and in every portrait where he is painted in the ardour of composition his neck is always free from the trammels of the neckcloth The Cravat which bears the name of this noble author differs widely from most others this difference consists in the manner in which it is first placed on the neck It is commenced a the back of the neck the ends are then brought in frost under the chin and fastened in a large bow or rosette at least six inches in length and four in circumference This fashion is extremely comfortable in summer and during long journeys as it forms but one tarn round the neck which is thus left comparatively free Either black or white may be worn but it shoetd not be starched and is folded as shewn in plate A fig 1 From The Art of Tying the Cravat: Demonstrated in Sixteen Lessons (1828)

To read about the Cravate Sentimentale, check out this post.

To read about The Cravate a l’ Americaine, check out this post.

To learn the art of putting on a cravat, check out this post.

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