What's With the Windsor Knots?

[Manton]

Seeing a lot of these in Manhattan these days, and have noticed several on the busines channels today. Ugh. Bad trend. Please kill.

 

[Harold falcon]

I am not fundamentally opposed to the Windsor Knot. I have three shirts with English spread collars and with the right tie I think it works well.

 

[DocHolliday]

Urg.

Long may the Mad Men trend live.

 

[Macallan9]

Inb4 dumbass quoting james bond

 

[George]

Popular on footballers here in the UK and entered into the mainstream a few years ago, so maybe it's come from there. Can look OK-ish on a cutaway but it depends on the size of the knot. Those massive knots are bloody god awful. I've also seen it on Italians, again footballers.

I only use the FIH meself

 

[Manton]

The only person I ever thought looked good in a Windsor knot was Reagan. It helped that he was a million years old.

 

[lasbar]

Originally Posted by George

Popular on footballers here in the UK and entered into the mainstream a few years ago, so maybe it's come from there. Can look OK-ish on a cutaway but it depends on the size of the knot. Those massive knots are bloody god awful. I've also seen it on Italians, again footballers.

I only use the FIH meself

Footballers and estate agents...

 

[George]

Originally Posted by Manton

The only person I ever thought looked good in a Windsor knot was Reagan. It helped that he was a million years old.
I think it's a very English look personally, even though I don't use it myself. I think with the right collar, tie suit etc it can look good.

 

[George]

Originally Posted by lasbar

Footballers and estate agents...
Yeah, that's those bloody big daft knots. http://www.mensflair.com/style-advic...ndsor-knot.php

 

[A Y]

Originally Posted by Manton

The only person I ever thought looked good in a Windsor knot was Reagan. It helped that he was a million years old.

And that it wasn't the defining element of his look, as it is with so many people wearing it today.

--Andre

 

[GasparddeColigny]

I think it can too easily look pretentious, especially on young men. Having said that, I'm not a fan of 'powerdressing'.

 

[RSS]

There isn't a chance I'll wear one. For the widest of spread collars ... perhaps a half-Windsor.

 

[IndianBoyz]

I don't wear windsor knot ,yet isn't it a correct knot, especially when wearing spread collar shirts? Didn't you write about it in your book? Not that I'm gonna order one after the recensions..

 

[landshark]

I always wear a half windsor. I only use a FIH when I have a somewhat shorter tie, or if the collar points are narrow.

 

[D Yizz]

I prefer a windsor over a ridiculously tiny 4IH. In fact, I used windsors all the time and was commended by many for the "cleanliness" and "elegance" of the look by people who only knew to tie a tiny 4IH. BTW, one of the reasons I used the windsor knot was because with a 4IH my tie was always too long. Since discovering SF, I learned I could tie a nice double 4IH to achieve proper lenght and decent knot size. Therefore I've switched to it almost exclusively. I still like the look of windsors with certain ties/collars. However, I agree that those huge Bobby Flay windsors are almost if not as hideous as tiny 4IH's.