Top 45 Necktie News, Reviews, Resources & Tutorials
"Ever since the Middle Ages, powerful men in the West have covered their throats." - fashion historian Anne Hollander.
Necktie News, Reviews, Resources & Tutorials
- 3 Presidents, No Neckties - "Did Presidents Biden, Obama and Clinton, appearing together at a fund-raiser in open-neck shirts, look casual or 'a little disheveled'?"
- 10 Best Tie Brands for Men, From HermÈs to Ralph Lauren - "Because wearing a tie is still worth it."
- 10 of the best men's ties & the tie knots to try them with - The Telegraph.
- A gentleman's guide to tying a tie - The Telegraph.
- ALAN FLUSSER - "The History of Neckwear" & neckwear video.
- Barathea - soft fabric, with a hopsack twill weave giving a surface that is lightly pebbled or ribbed. Silk barathea, either all silk, or using cotton weft and silken warp, is widely used in the necktie industry.
- Bolo tie - (sometimes bola tie or shoestring necktie) is a type of necktie consisting of a piece of cord or braided leather with decorative metal tips – aglets (aiguillettes) - secured with an ornamental clasp or slide.
- Can Power Transcend Knotted Silk? - "What does it take to be the chairman and chief executive of the most highly valued corporation in America? The answer was clear this week at Rockefeller Center: light gray pants, a blazer and an open-necked button-down blue shirt."
- Can You Wear A Jacket Without A Tie? - Gentleman's Gazette.
- Chambray - lightweight plain-woven fabric woven with white threads across a colored warp.
- Countess Mara - the ties were made in very limited quantities, typically only fifteen dozen per design, and they were comparatively expensive. This led to their becoming collector's items, sought after by celebrities and fashion-conscious businessmen.
- Don't match your tie & pocket square - Thread.
- ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TIE KNOTS - by Thomas Fink.
- Four in Hand Knot - Tie-a-Tie.net.
- Four-in-hand knot - "A method of tying a necktie. It is also known as a simple knot or schoolboy knot, due to its simplicity and style."
- Grenadine ties - for the most part, ties made from grenadine silk are solid in color with the visual interest being the unique weave. The solid colors make the tie versatile with other patterns and colors as well as both formal or informal jackets. Sean Connery's wardrobe for his role as 007 featured grenadine ties in addition to standard silk ties.
- Half-Windsor knot - also known as the single Windsor knot, is a way of tying a necktie which produces a neat, triangular knot. It is larger than the four-in-hand knot and Pratt knot, but smaller than the Windsor knot.
- How James Bond Knots His Ties - "James Bond more often than not uses this knot."
- how to get a perfect tie dimple - The Telegraph.
- How to Match Colors & Patterns For Classic Spring Summer Outfits - Gentleman's Gazette.
- HOW TO MATCH TIES TO POCKET SQUARES - The Dark Knot.
- How to match your shirt & tie - The Telegraph.
- How to Tie a Four-in-Hand Necktie Knot - "Your 60 Second Visual Guide."
- How to Tie A Half Windsor Knot - Gentleman's Gazette.
- HOW TO TIE A NECKTIE - "A Comprehensive Knotting Guide."
- How To Tie A Tie - The Oriental Knot - Gentleman's Gazette.
- How To Tie A Tie With A Dimple - Gentleman's Gazette.
- How to tie The Onassis knot - YouTube 3:40.
- Kipper tie - Wikipedia.
- Like most men, I now only wear ties at funerals. So why do I have 60 of them? - "I used to wear them at work, then only when I was presenting football. But would it be a betrayal of my Croatian heritage to give them away?"
- List of knots - Wikipedia.
- NECKTIE - Wikipedia.
- Pratt knot - the Pratt knot is unusual in that its starting position is 'reverse side out', like the Nicky knot, a self-releasing variant of the Pratt. It uses less length than the half-Windsor or Windsor knots, and so is well suited to shorter ties or taller men. Unlike the four-in-hand knot, the Pratt method produces a symmetrical knot. It is of medium thickness.
- Pussy bow - a lavallière, also called a pussycat bow, is a style of neckwear often associated with women's and girls' blouses and bodices. It takes the form of a bow tied at the neck similar to those sometimes tied around the necks of kittens and cats.
- Six- and seven-fold ties - a seven-fold tie is constructed completely out of silk and is an unlined construction variant of the four-in-hand necktie. A six-fold tie is a modern alteration of the seven-fold tie. This construction method is more symmetrical than the true seven-fold. It has a interlining which gives it a little more weight.
- The 85 Ways to Tie a Tie: The Science and Aesthetics of Tie Knots
 - by Thomas Fink and Yong Mao.
- The Art of the Tie - Mode-Atelier KNIZE, Vienna, Austria.
- The Black Tie Guide - "A Gentleman's Guide to Evening Wear."
- The phallic necktie is an outdated symbol of white male rule in New Zealand's parliament - "A piece of clothing that descends from the codpiece and is designed to promulgate white male power should be optional."
- Top 10 Necktie Brands in the World - SuccessStory.
- Top 10 tie makers - BlueLoafers.
- Trump vs. the Disappearing Tie - The New York Times.
- What Is White Tie? The Definition - And Origins - Of Society’s Most Formal Dress Code - "The dress code for the 2022 Met Gala offers two style directives: the first, gilded glamour. The second, white tie."
- Will the Tie Ever Make a Comeback? - "The tie as a de facto part of everyday dressing, like underwear, is probably a thing of the past. It has been quietly losing ground for years, between the advent of casual Fridays, the general blurring of lines between our personal and professional lives and the working-from-home days of the pandemic."
- Windsor knot - also referred to as a Full Windsor or as a Double Windsor to distinguish it from the half-Windsor, is a method of tying a necktie. The Windsor knot, compared to other methods, produces a wide symmetrical triangular knot.
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- by Thomas Fink and Yong Mao.