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National Bow Tie Day celebrated on social media

Bow tie fans including Bill Nye, Donald Duck and NASA celebrated their love for the cravat-inspired neckwear on social media Friday.

By Ben Hooper
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Bow tie fans the world over took to social media Friday to celebrate their preferred style of neckwear for National Bow Tie Day.

The holiday, championed by website NationalBowTieDay.com, took social media by storm Friday, with famous bow tie fans including Bill Nye, Donald Duck and even NASA posting some of their finest bow tie photos.

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"We pay tribute to those that honor the timeless style of the bow tie on this special day of celebration. As an extremely important part of men's fashion, the bow tie gets its own designated day here in the United States on August 28th. Why? Because bow ties are cool," the creators of NationalBowTieDay.com wrote on their website.

"Science guy" Bill Nye, perhaps one of the most famous bow tie wearers in popular culture, took to Twitter for help choosing the right bow tie for the occasion.

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Disney's official Twitter account also got into the spirit with a photo of a very dapper-looking Donald Duck.

NASA celebrated the bow tie by tweeting a photo of "an intriguing bow-tie shaped nebula."

The Philadelphia museum of art shared a photo of a 19th century bow tie, noting "even then, you could opt for pre-tied."

Bow ties as we know them today were adapted from Croatian cravats, the National Bow Tie Day website said.

"The bow tie dates back in the 17th century back in Croatia. Here mercenaries would use neck wears that somehow resembled scarves to bind the collars of their shirts. These neck wears were called the cravats. In no time they were adapted the Upper Class French citizens who had the reputation of being highly influential in the fashion world at that time. The cravats evolved into today's neck wear; the bow ties and neckties."

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