Does this style of necktie have a name?

Factual Questions
1

Back in the late 80s/early 90s there was a kind of tie that men would wear with plaid flannel shirts. They were usually drab-colored and had a bumpy knitted texture to it. They didn’t taper off into a V-shape like most ties, but ended with a straight line, like: |_| They seemed less formal than regular ties.

Were these ever given a specific name?

2

You mean knit ties? http://www.narrowties.com/knit_ties.htm

3

Yup, those are the ones. Thanks, that was fast.

4

I refered to them as ugly.

5

I always heard them referred to as ‘rep’ ties.

6

That’s odd, because the standard definition of “rep tie” seems to be a woven silk necktie like this one: the sort of thing most people mean when they say “necktie”. “Rep” specifically refers to a weave pattern with longitudinal ribs, which would not apply to a knitted tie.

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[QUOTE=Kimstu]
That’s odd, because the standard definition of “rep tie” seems to be a woven silk necktie like this one: the sort of thing most people mean when they say “necktie”. “Rep” specifically refers to a weave pattern with longitudinal ribs, which would not apply to a knitted tie.
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You are quite correct.
[QUOTE=BMalion]
I refered to them as ugly.
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And you are not. :smiley:

Seriously, although they were (and still would be) out of place with formal business attire, they went very well with casual plaid shirts, as mentioned in the OP.