style of knot with collar.

[Philip1978]

what knot styles go best with what style of collar?

 

[Britalian]

well, here's one to avoid for starters.
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=27759

 

[itsstillmatt]

4-in-hand or a derivative thereof. Nothing else cuts it in my book.

 

[Philip1978]

4-in hand for any type of collar? or what does it work with best?

 

[jml90]

Originally Posted by Britalian

well, here's one to avoid for starters.
http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=27759
Why? It covers the spread.

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by DrCool1978

4-in hand for any type of collar? or what does it work with best?
For me, yes. A windsor looks tacky to me. I think of it as the collar that you see in communist countries, and even more in countries that were communist a few years ago. The four in hand is a much better, less pretentious look.

 

[FLMountainMan]

I always tie a single/half windsor. Nice balance, but hard to dimple. Four-in-hands usually just wind up being too small. As for being pretentious, I doubt that 95% of Americans could even tell the difference.

 

[jml90]

I like the Shelby knot nice inverted triangle shape.

 

[Edward Appleby]

Originally Posted by iammatt

4-in-hand or a derivative thereof. Nothing else cuts it in my book.
QFT.

 

[jml90]

Originally Posted by Edward Appleby

QFT.
I disagree. I think that the FIH looks sloppy with any kind of spread kind of like a buffoon who can't learn how to a knot any other way.

 

[jonnyunpleasant]

The half Windsor is the only way to go. Depending on the outfit, it can be tasteful without being pretentious or casual without being sloppy.

 

[itsstillmatt]

<------ Buffoon.

 

[MrDaniels]

Originally Posted by jml90

I disagree. I think that the FIH looks sloppy with any kind of spread kind of like a buffoon who can't learn how to a knot any other way.

Nothing worse than a four-in-hand that can't fill a spread, except maybe for a Full Windsor under a button-down.

I prefer the Half-Windsor with a medium-spread collar. The best of all possible worlds!

 

[Toiletduck]

I like to wear a FIH w/ a keaton spread collar...a really skinny one

 

[Pink22m]

I find the asymmetrical form of the FIH to be quite elegant, even with a full cutaway collar, which I often wear. The great thing about the FIH is you can vary its bulk by wrapping the tie around an additional time. I used to tie half windsors, but after awhile, I found them to exhibit a certain undesirable look of contrivance.