Neckties at the convention.

[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

[Tom-K]

ANDY! Great collection! As a fellow "man of wealth and taste" (a Rolling Stones reference-not to be taken literally,) I am in awe of your ties. Brilliant! (as you Britishers might say.) You and I are of a kindred spirit. I enlarged your ties and am looking them over. Wonderful. Great, great post. Thank you. I'll get my collection together and post in a bit. (For the discerning aficionados--not the unwashed, dirty necked, open collared masses that slither and lurk hereabouts!)

The teardrop is spectacular. Also the "orange tie with ovals" tie I posted is from a Gustav Klimt picture. I also have something identical in teal.

[AndyD]

Looking forward to it.
I found storing them tricky until someone bought me a ladies scarf hanger with multiple holes. Using that they all hang out together within a suit bag.

It's really nice to occasionally dress up, go the whole 9 yards with cufflinks etc.

[jon-nyc]

I’ve always had a tie hanger.