How to Knot a Tie
Posted on April 13, 2008
Filed Under Clothing, Instruction |
I was backstage at a wedding not long ago (yes, there was a backstage at this particular wedding, it was rather theatrical) when I noticed a small group of recently-arrived groomsmen standing together looking perplexed. I asked what was up and the de facto leader wondered if I happened to know how to tie a tie. I tried hard to keep my eyebrows exactly where they were, but I may not have succeeded because he hastened to add that although he knew how to tie one the normal way, the bride wanted them to use “one of those big-ass knots”.
Ah, youth.
So I showed them how to tie a Windsor knot and they all looked great (but just slightly less great than the groom - which is as it should be).
It’s good to know a couple different ways to knot a tie, if for no other reason than to be able to make it fit perfectly in the space between your collar points. Unfortunately, this is not a topic that lends itself to written instruction. Trying to tell someone how to knot a tie without being present to show them is akin to talking a colorblind person through disarming a bomb over the telephone.
Luckily, there are excellent web-based resources available for these types of situations. TieKnot.com fits the bill admirably; well-drawn illustrations, clear and simple written instructions, coverage for all the most common knots, and a clean site design with a minimum of ads.
TieKnot.com
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