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Just to look hip or cool in that casual way. It's not as new as many younger guys may think though. I first saw it during the early 1970's.
JD Salinger described his main character doing that in The Catcher in the Rye in 1950. Not a baseball cap, but a hunter's cap with side flaps. (Search on Images of "Holden Caulfield" to see what I mean).
I'm a painting contractor (and female) and when I'm painting ceilings or anything up high, I turn my baseball cap backwards because otherwise the bill impedes my vision.
So that's one practical reason.
What is the purpose of a tie? And why do tie widths change every couple of years? What is the purpose in that? Does it change the "functionality" of the tie in any way?
To keep consumers out there buying the latest fashion trend.
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And why do tie widths change every couple of years? What is the purpose in that? Does it change the "functionality" of the tie in any way?
