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Can a topic be more trivial then this? Not really, so let's start!
I get a surprising number of questions and PMs about how I tie my knots. The quick answer is that I have no idea how to show you, it's just the way that I've always tied them. Let's look at a few shots, ending with one that I posted in WAYWRN today:
Woven silk off a button-down collar (Kiton shirt, Oxxford jacket)
Woven silk off a medium spread collar (Borrelli shirt, DeBoise jacket)
Woven silk off a wider spread collar (Kiton shirt, Solito jacket)
Woven silk off a button-down collar (Borrelli shirt, Oxxford jacket)
And from today, knit cashmere off a spread collar (T&A shirt, Oxxford jacket)
I only tie four in hands. What makes the knot different than what is typical these days is that the tie "stands" naturally "off" the collar. Let's see a side shot:
My jacket is unbuttoned in this shot, so it is not providing any support to the tie. The knot is suspended in 3D just the way my male progenitors, of whom I am a dully literal namesake, always tied it.
Some guys use a tab collar or collar bar to get this orientation. Others might use a tiebar to take a bit of the droop out of their tie, effectively pushing it up a bit from the blade. In my case, it just does so without effort.
Let's take a look at another guy who does this, also with four in hands. Naturally, he's dead:
Perhaps the stand-off FIH is the knot of those with fascistic tendancies? Maybe. But, I feel that it adds a bit of elegance without having to resort to contraptions to make it so. Why do I think it is more elegant? Well, it shows the tie off in greater degrees of rotation around the front, and frankly, it is one of those things that hearken back to the high point of the tailored lounge / sack / business suit, or whatever you want to call what we still wear today.
I don't promote it for others, nor can I explain how to do it.
- B
I get a surprising number of questions and PMs about how I tie my knots. The quick answer is that I have no idea how to show you, it's just the way that I've always tied them. Let's look at a few shots, ending with one that I posted in WAYWRN today:
Woven silk off a button-down collar (Kiton shirt, Oxxford jacket)
Woven silk off a medium spread collar (Borrelli shirt, DeBoise jacket)
Woven silk off a wider spread collar (Kiton shirt, Solito jacket)
Woven silk off a button-down collar (Borrelli shirt, Oxxford jacket)
And from today, knit cashmere off a spread collar (T&A shirt, Oxxford jacket)
I only tie four in hands. What makes the knot different than what is typical these days is that the tie "stands" naturally "off" the collar. Let's see a side shot:
My jacket is unbuttoned in this shot, so it is not providing any support to the tie. The knot is suspended in 3D just the way my male progenitors, of whom I am a dully literal namesake, always tied it.
Some guys use a tab collar or collar bar to get this orientation. Others might use a tiebar to take a bit of the droop out of their tie, effectively pushing it up a bit from the blade. In my case, it just does so without effort.
Let's take a look at another guy who does this, also with four in hands. Naturally, he's dead:
Perhaps the stand-off FIH is the knot of those with fascistic tendancies? Maybe. But, I feel that it adds a bit of elegance without having to resort to contraptions to make it so. Why do I think it is more elegant? Well, it shows the tie off in greater degrees of rotation around the front, and frankly, it is one of those things that hearken back to the high point of the tailored lounge / sack / business suit, or whatever you want to call what we still wear today.
I don't promote it for others, nor can I explain how to do it.
- B
