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Nick Cravat
Nick Cravat A masked Cravat (right) on an episode of "The Twilight Zone" Nick Cravat (January 11, 1912 - January 29, 1994) was ... with in The Crimson Pirate, the acrobatic Cravat is probably best remembered as playing the ...
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Necktie
... bow tie, are all descended from the cravat. They are mainly worn by men, though ... wear or as part of a uniform. Cravat A cravat is the neckband that was the forerunner ... pamphlet depicts various styles of tying a cravat. The modern form of the cravat originated in the 1630s. Like most ...
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Bands (neck)
... century they wore bands instead of the cravat as undress.(10) In the eighteenth century ... were popular 1640s to 1670s.(18) The cravat or neckcloth was popular 1665-1730.(19 ... could be coloured or patterned. Tying the cravat in a bow was popular c.1665. Fastening with a cravat-string was popular c.1671. By 1680-90 the cravat was worn falling over a stiffened ...
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1650-1700 in fashion
... 1690s, they were gone. Shirt, Collar and Cravat James II of Great Britain wears red ribbon knots under his lace cravat and a blond wig, c. mid-1680s ... the collar had disappeared with just the cravat remaining with usually a small bow of ... was discarded. Also, a new style of cravat made its appearance in the 1690s, the ... Battle of Steenkerque in 1692). Before, the cravat was always worn flowing down the ...
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Lady Shiva
... Cassandra Cain), it is possible that Guano Cravat and Richard Dragon have been retroactively written ... killed, a rich and powerful criminal named Cravat convinced Sandra that a 'spy' named Richard ... Sandra would become in her even then. Cravat saw that spark in Sandra and took ... Dragon down, he managed to explain that Cravat had lied about the identity of Carolyn's killer. Cravat had used her for his own ...
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Colours, standards and guidons
... long silver tassel and a blue silk cravat 8 cm × 66 cm with a ... so that the medals hang down the cravat. Greece All army regiments in Greece have ... Below the lance-head, there is a cravat (laço militar) divided lengthwise, sky blue and ... finial as the Army standard, but the cravat is divided lengthwise yellow and green, with ... condor finial; below the finial is a cravat in the national colours with decorations ...
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Court uniform and dress
... coat and waistcoat, breeches or pantaloons, white cravat. In 1908 this was described as being ... shoes with bows, no buckles, and the cravat was replaced by a white tie. A ... a black velvet court suit, lace edged cravat (jabot), lace ruffles or cuffs, full-bottomed ...
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Ascot tie
... pin. The ascot is descended from the cravat. It became a separate entity sometime in ... States, "ascot" is another name for a cravat. In the popular American cartoon Scooby-Doo ... The Ascot is referred to as a Cravat on this page) Pre-tied Jabot knot ...
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Bow tie
... method was soon adopted (under the name Cravat) by the upper classes in France (then ... trust anybody who wears a bow tie. Cravat's supposed to point down to accentuate ... Klown References Page with examples of the cravat slowly becoming the bow tie External links ...
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List of English words of Serbo-Croatian origin
... of English words of Serbo-Croatian origin cravat In the French army under Louis XIII ... into many other European languages, including English (cravat), although tie is more commonly used. See ...
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