: a narrow length of material worn about the neck and tied in front
especially
: four-in-hand
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At Collina Strada’s New York Fashion Week spring 2026 show, designer Hillary Taymour sent hairy beanies down the runway, while Schiaparelli and Simone Rocha have produced human hair accessories, neckties, and earrings.
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
Marina Abramović also addressed guests, wearing a white necktie, white shirt and a long coat.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Hall’s subversion of menswear — floppy hats, loose slacks and oversized collared shirts, or a necktie bursting out from the bottom of a waistcoat — was, in many ways, Keaton’s own.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
In one such cord-and-mirror series, he is nattily dressed in a plaid oxford shirt and a necktie.
—David Kamp, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
Marina Abramović also addressed guests, wearing a white necktie, white shirt and a long coat.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Hall’s subversion of menswear — floppy hats, loose slacks and oversized collared shirts, or a necktie bursting out from the bottom of a waistcoat — was, in many ways, Keaton’s own.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
In one such cord-and-mirror series, he is nattily dressed in a plaid oxford shirt and a necktie.
—David Kamp, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Necktie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/necktie. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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necktie
noun
neck·tie
-ˌtī 
: a narrow length of cloth worn about the neck and tied in front
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