Architects weren't the only professionals to favor bow ties—surgeons, printers, and anyone else who didn't need a necktie flapping around as he worked wore them. But Corbu's bow gives his peak lapels and pocket square a bit of elan you rarely found on country doctors. Photo 2 of 7 in Most Stylish Architect in History: Le Corbusier by Aaron Britt

Most Stylish Architect in History: Le Corbusier

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Architects weren't the only professionals to favor bow ties—surgeons, printers, and anyone else who didn't need a necktie flapping around as he worked wore them. But Corbu's bow gives his peak lapels and pocket square a bit of elan you rarely found on country doctors.