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World Service,1 min

Suddenly there was a Need for Tidiness and Respectability’

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Professor Chris Breward of Edinburgh College of Art says the tie became popular with the rise of the office in the 19th century. (Photo: The editorial staff at Reuters Press Agency, 1900. Credit: Getty Images)

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