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Ties Are Dead. Or Are They?

A G7 Summit photo op featuring world leaders without neckties had the internet buzzing about the decline of the go-to men’s accessory. But the story of the tie is an evolution, not an outright death.
Presidents and prime ministers from the US, Italy, Japan, France, Germany, the UK and the European Union gathered in Bavaria, Germany for the G7 Summit.
Presidents and prime ministers from the US, Italy, Japan, France, Germany, the UK and the European Union gathered in Bavaria, Germany for the G7 Summit. (Getty Images)

Last week, when presidents and prime ministers from the US, Italy, Japan, France, Germany, the UK and the European Union gathered in Bavaria, Germany, to take a “family photo” at the annual G7 summit, there was one glaring omission: neckties.

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