One legend holds that the necktie was used by the Roman Empire’s army for practical purposes, such as protection from cold and dust. When the army went to the front to fight, a scarf similar to a silk scarf was hung around the neck of a wife for her husband and a friend for a friend, which was used to bind up and stop bleeding in war. Later, scarves of different colors were used to distinguish soldiers and companies, and have evolved to become a necessity of professional clothing.

Necktie decoration theory holds that the origin of necktie is the expression of human emotion of beauty. In the mid-17th century, a Croatian cavalry unit of the French army triumphantly returned to Paris. They were dressed in powerful uniforms, with a scarf tied around their collar, of various colors, which made them very handsome and dignified to ride on. Some of the fashionable dudes of Paris were so interested that they followed suit and tied scarves round their collars. The next day, a minister came to court with a white scarf tied around his neck and a beautiful bow tie in front. King Louis XIV was so impressed that he declared the bow tie to be a symbol of nobility and ordered all the upper classes to dress in the same way.

To sum up, there are many theories about the origin of the tie, each of which is reasonable from its own point of view, and it is difficult to convince each other. But one thing is clear: the tie originated in Europe. The tie is the product of the material and cultural development of human society to a certain extent, a product of (opportunity) whose development is influenced by the wearer and the observer. Marx said, “The progress of society is the pursuit of beauty.” In real life, in order to beautify themselves and make themselves more attractive, human beings have the desire to decorate themselves with natural or man-made items, and the origin of the tie fully illustrates this point.