Neckties at the convention.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Neckties at the convention.:

Who the fuck wears ties anymore? Y'all go out with your bowler hats and walking sticks, too?

I haven't worn a tie since 1997 except to funerals.

I still wear a bowler hat as it tends to produce a conditioned fawning response in the native population. They'll do anything for you around here if you wear a bowler and give them shiny things whilst talking with a nice accent.

[George K]

But the tie completes the image.

[Jolly]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Neckties at the convention.:

The other advantage of a Windsor knot is that it uses up quite a bit of the material, meaning you don't walk around with the tie hanging down below your waist making you look slightly foolish.

I have to wear the extra long length ties.

[Jolly]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Neckties at the convention.:

Who the fuck wears ties anymore? Y'all go out with your bowler cowboy hats and walking sticks gun canes, too?

Don't you?...

[Aqua Letifer]

@Jolly said in Neckties at the convention.:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Neckties at the convention.:

Who the fuck wears ties anymore? Y'all go out with your bowler cowboy hats and walking sticks gun canes, too?

Don't you?...

Actually yeah, if I had a gun cane I'd absolutely go everywhere with it.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Neckties at the convention.:

The knot is named after the infamous Nazi sympathizer the Duke of Windsor, formally Edward VIII, and as such should really be renamed The half-Hitler.

Thread:

[jon-nyc]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Neckties at the convention.:

The other advantage of a Windsor knot is that it uses up quite a bit of the material, meaning you don't walk around with the tie hanging down below your waist making you look slightly foolish.

The other way to deal with that issue is to be tall. Or fat.

[jon-nyc]

I wear a tie maybe 20-30 times a year. Board meetings, Congress, FDA/NIH, or at scientific conferences, especially if I speak.

Funny thing is that by the end of my time at Credit Suisse I almost never wore them. Now in non-profit I do.

[Copper]

When I had a real job, I wore the tie everyday. After around 2001 very few others wore one. When I left in 2006, I was still wearing one most days.

A collar is required now on the golf course.

But for the rest of the day, it is either a gray t-shirt or a dark-gray t-shirt.

[Horace]

I guess I’ll go to my grave without generating a strong opinion about tie knots. I’m wearing one tonight for a wedding though.

[Horace]

Mrs GK would have loved this meal. The meats were all but dehydrated.

[jon-nyc]

It does look like they put that meat on the pan during the Eisenhower administration.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Neckties at the convention.:

It does look like they put that meat on the pan during the Eisenhower administration.

Mrs. George would love it...

[Copper]

@George-K said in Neckties at the convention.:

@jon-nyc said in Neckties at the convention.:

It does look like they put that meat on the pan during the Eisenhower administration.

Mrs. George would love it...

For good reason

[jon-nyc]

@Copper said in Neckties at the convention.:

When I had a real job, I wore the tie everyday. After around 2001 very few others wore one. When I left in 2006, I was still wearing one most days.

When I was in consulting we wore ties until deep into the dot com era when it suddenly became uncool. Then when the bubble burst we all put our suits and ties back on. First the managing partner did, next day the rest of us did. There was never a memo about any of this.

[jon-nyc]

The definitive history from the men’s wardrobe guy. Seriously more interesting that you’d think. Read the thread.

[Tom-K]

I wear ties quite often and own quite a few. I use the four in hand knot mostly. Also, I've recently taken to buying ties from various museums. They have have reasonable pricing and interesting selections.

I just got this at the Getty Museum:

and these at the Met in NYC:

[jon-nyc]

My dad taught me a full Windsor (I was wearing ties at 16 as a Kinney shoe salesman) but by early 20s I was tying a four-in-hand and never looked back. I couldn’t even tie a Windsor today without some internet guide.

[AndyD]

Very rarely wear a tie these days, only for wedding/funeral/graduation events; but (@Tom-K) I'd buy that last orange tie with the ovals just because.

[AndyD]

A lifetime of ties, nearly all silk, because it knots neatly. Some jokes from my kids, my favourite gold with red teardrops Hugo Boss@Harrods, soon to be worn at a daughters wedding