I’m the only one in my family who knows how to tie a tie. I learned by googling it. When the unfortunate occasion comes where everyone needs to wear a tie, I end up tying one for myself, one for each of my brothers, older and younger, and last but not least my father. None of them have jobs that require anything more than business casual at most.
I share your doubt. 1. Its a question only, (or mostly) males ask 2. It’s a question that anyone who’s worn a tie more than a dozen times wouldn’t ask 3. It’s a question someone who never has worn or will wear a tie will never ask
I’d think the most asked question would be something with a much higher % potential asking pool. I don’t believe them, and in fact I’m certain the question “what time is it”, among others has been googled far more often than “how do you tie a tie”
What I want to know is, is there a way of tying the tie where you can easily adjust the front?
Prison guards in Illinois wear clip on ties so they can’t be chocked or dragged around by a real tie. I bet a lot of police officers that have a tie as a part of their uniform wear them too.
As recently as 6 months ago I googled “how to tie a tie” because I wanted to do a full Windsor. I only knew how to do the basic slip knot style. I think the Windsor is a nice knot. I found a site that had a printable “how to” – still have it in my garment bag with my coats and ties.
I had to wear a tie through four years of Catholic high school, and then for the first 7 years of my business career (before “business casual” became the norm at my employers and clients). I now wear a tie perhaps 10 times a year, usually for big business meetings or formal occasions.
15 or 20 years ago, I would have agreed with you. The norm in U.S. society for male attire has changed. The number of businesses for which a tie is an expected part of a male employee’s attire has dropped dramatically – and, if, a guy doesn’t have to wear a tie every day, in many cases, it means he’s never going to wear one at all now (save for the occasional funeral or wedding…and, even then, many will just skip it then, too).
I’m surprised that the most asked question is so mundane and not something more… inappropriate, shall we say.
I had to wear a tie as part of my school uniform, so that took care of that.
I used to have to wear a tie every day, for work. In those jobs, ties are really the only part of a man’s wardrobe where he can express himself a little. As a result I’ve got several dozen beautiful ties, including many that are hand-made. Unfortunately, now I have no occasion to wear a tie, except for a bow tie when I wear my tux.
I had to wear a tie every day for work from 1990-1997. Then casual Fridays were introduced. Then the DotCom boom occurred and ties disappeared from many offices. Thankfully ties didn’t return after the DotCom crash.
I attended a wedding recently and was pleased that I could still tie a tie from muscle memory with a good knot on the first try. I could also probably still develop 35mm black & white film, code in Assembly Language, etc. but times change and certain skills become obsolete.
My older brother taught me how to tie a half windsor, even though it takes me ten minutes to get the length right. I still can’t tie a full windsor, despite being taught in Basic training. What I ended up doing is going to one of my friends in my flight who knew and just had him tie mine, and I kept it in the knot my entire enlistment.
I’d still like to learn though, but I couldn’t figure it out.
I’m surprised that it’s not “Do people know if they’ve been unfriended on Facebook?” if the frequency of that question’s appearances on this board alone are any indication.