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Are you a skinny/narrow tie person or wide tie person?

Are you a skinny/narrow necktie person or wide necktie person?

  • Skinny/Narrow (2"-3 1/2" wide) popular in the 1960s, 1980s, and 2010s-present

    Votes: 41 78.8%
  • Wide (over 3 3/4" wide aka the Brits call it Kipper tie) popular in the 1970s, late 1990s, 2000s

    Votes: 11 21.2%

  • Total voters
    52

wannabe

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3.25" is my preference, but most of the time, ties come in 3" or 3.5". :facepalm:

I don't think 3.5" would be "skinny", I think 1-2.5" is "skinny".
 

joeman

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Kipper ties ain't that bad. I kinda like it.
 

doughboysc

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I've got another question, what was the widith of most neckties between 1979-1986?
 

David Reeves

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narrow not generally skinny. I don't have the figure for them now.
 

OlSarge

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Agreed. I mean, what difference does it make to the OP what I like to wear? And no, a 3-3.5" tie is not skinny.
 

imatlas

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Your polls? They suck.
 

vida

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Does anyone wear the Tom Ford 3.75 + ties. I think they look great, but I tried one it was absolutely overwheming. ...just a comment
 

BLU8

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I really prefer medium-width ties (3.5" wide), as I find this is the most classic look. But lately I've been experimenting with some skinny 3" ties just to mix things up a little. I personally think 2-2.5" ties are too skinny/too trendy looking, but if I had to choose one extreme over the other, I'd go with a very skinny tie as opposed to a very wide tie. I feel that even 3.75" ties look disproportionate on my body, never mind 4" or more!
 

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