Sure, but once they see me face to face they’re very impressed!
I, for one, am going bolo full time for my tie needs, and I encourage everyone else to do the same.
Ah, my mistake, I thought it was sarcastic, sorry. Yeah, I get my phone bill paid by my company, but they expect me to answer pretty much be at their beck and call.
Which is only cool if you tie it in a full Windsor.
This discussion of one or two periods on a web forum is sort of amusing. Browsers will convert multiple spaces to one space unless you put in special codes to prevent them from doing this.
This is followed by 1 space. This is followed by 2 spaces. This is followed by 10 spaces. They look the same to me.
Thanks to this thread, I have learned that I wear a Pratt knot.
Good knot. Lousy name.
Aye, pretty damn awesome knot. I Bookmarked that page and intend to annoy my lovely and long-suffering wife by trying different knots over the next few weeks.
Not that she’ll notice.
Pshaw! Real men tie their tie with Gordian knots.
I go through a lot of ties though.
Enjoy,
Steven
For me it was for school every day. I have since spent my life trying to avoid having to wear a tie. I’m doing pretty well at it.
Oh and any knot that isn’t four-in-hand looks way, way too big to me.
True, that. When my sister got married I asked her if she wanted me to wear a jacket and tie to her wedding. She said no, she didn’t want me dressed more formally than the groom.
Fellow bow tie wearer here, just feeling superior.
Herman Wouk covered this controversy thoroughly in his definitive work The Windsor War.
So how much does a maitre d’ pull down these days?
Here’s how I read your post:
“I’m 19 years old, and I just got my first real job. I learned how to tie a necktie for the interview, so now I feel entitled to go around judging other people because I have the ego of a typical 19-year-old douchebag.”
Oh dear lord, that was bloody painful.
Oh, come now.
Maitre d’ is not the only career where a man can wear a bow tie to work.
There are also clowns and economics professors. Okay, maybe only one other job then.
They exist. Back in high school, ties were required, and “necktie simulations” explicitly didn’t count, but one guy had one that passed inspection. The narrow bit that goes behind the main part had a zipper in the middle of it, and separated into two halves of the loop that goes around your neck. The zipper pull had the knot tied around it, with the main part hanging down from it. Just slip it around your neck, and zip it up.
And I’m not sure what knot it is I use: It’s similar to the Half Windsor but skips one of the steps, and is a bit asymmetrical but not enough to be a problem. I think it might be the “self-releasing half Windsor” someone mentioned: If you pull the knot off the end of the narrow part, and give the wide part a tug, the knot falls apart.
There are several models of “fake ties” that snap at the back of the collar rather than clip on the front. They look better than the clip-ons, but not nearly as good as a real tie.
Pratt wearer here.
Bow ties are cool.
Ha!