Numbers game: Tie, in affairs of men
Facts about neckties: the first Chinese Emperor's tie from 210 BC, a $220,000 diamond tie, 177,147 ways to tie a knot, bulletproof ties and Shengzhou's 200 million ties.
Neckties have been an offbeat indicator of the economic climate. As a theory goes, men tend to wear skinnier ties in good times and wider ones in bad times. We bet you didn’t know that. We have more facts about ties that not a lot of people know. Take a look.
210 BC
The time period when the earliest known necktie can be dated to. It was worn by the first Chinese Emperor.
$220,000
Cost of the most expensive tie ever. It was designed by Satya Paul Design Studio and contained 271 diamonds and 150 grams of gold.
1600s
That is when the modern necktie can be traced back to. It originated from knotted silk scarves that Croatian soldiers wore. The modern necktie emerged during the Industrial Revolution when men wanted ties that were easy to knot and would last all day.
1 inch to 5 inches
Ranging width of ties; 5 inches during 1940s to 1 inch in ‘60s and mostly 3.5 inches in the present days.
177,147
Possible ways of tying a necktie.
57 inches
That’s how long the length of a necktie reached during the 1990s as men started wearing their pants lower than their natural waistlines.
110
That’s how many silkworm cocoons it takes to make a good quality silk tie.
9mm
Maximum size of a bullet that can be stopped by a bulletproof tie.
200 million
That’s how many ties are produced in Shengzhou, China. Shengzhou produces the most ties in the world.
From the January 2019 issue of FHM India.
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