There’s not any accessory of clothing as transformative as a tie. A tie has the potential to elevate your dressing status instantly. It’s the main thing that differentiates between a casual and sophisticated sartorial attitude. The tie is where you get to inject a dose of your taste, offering a hint of sophistication or your sense of humor. A necktie is an essential part of any man’s wardrobe. If you want a more formal look for a wide range of careers, you should embrace this clothing item. As Oscar Wilde says:
“A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.”
All you need to know is how to rock one like a true gentleman. If you are the one who doesn’t understand how to tie this classic accessory; I mean tie, don’t worry, we are here to give you a perfect guide. In this post, we are going to share step-by-step guide to make five basic knots to get a classic look.
- Full Windsor
- Four-in-hand knot
- Pratt Knot
- Trinity Knot
- Eldredge Knot
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No#1 Full Windsor knot:
It is a triangular knot. Full Windsor knot considered as the perfect knot for highly formal occasions and business meeting due to its symmetrical look.
Steps to make it:
- Drape the tie around your neck. Hang the wide end about 14 inches past the narrow end.
- Cross the wide edge in front of the small end.
- Propel the wide end up through the loop.
- Pull the wide end out and over the right side of the loop.
- Now cross the wide end behind the narrow end and pull it to your left.
- Hold the wide end and pass it again over the loop around your collar. By this step, you are forming the other side of the triangular knot.
- Pull the wide end but not so tightly through to your left.
- Grasp the wide end and pass it over the front of the knot to make a horizontal bar; the front of the triangle.
- Tuck the wide end through the flat bar that you just created at the front of the knot.
- Hold the narrow end and push the knot up towards your collar to finish.
- Pinch the top of the horizontal bar, just under the knot, to create a dimple.
No#2 Four in hand Knot for Necktie:
Four-in-hand is a versatile and comfortable and slightly asymmetrical knot. It is perfect for men new to wearing a necktie.
Steps to make the knot:
- Drag your favourite tie around your neck in such a way that the wide end, extending about 12 inches below the narrow end.
- Now cross the wide edge over the narrow side.
- Wrap the wide edge of your tie around the small end.
- Through the loop around your neck pull the wide end up.
- Grasp the front of the knot gently with your index finger and move the wide end down through the front loop.
- Now remove your finger and by holding the narrow end and sliding the knot up, tighten the knot carefully to the collar.
No#3 Pratt Knot:
This knot is neither as wide as the Windsor nor as narrow as the Four-in-Hand. It’s a unique one and symmetrical knot. This knot is great to wear to work, and afterwards, you can loosen it up for a more casual look. Also known as the Shelby knot
Steps to Make This Knot:
- Pick up the necktie you love to wear on friends gathering and drape it around your neck.
- Take a start by crossing the wide edge under the narrow edge
- Pull the broad side up over the narrow edge.
- Hold the thin part down through the loop and tighten the knot.
- Move the thin end over the thick end to create a horizontal bar
- Propel the wide edge back up through the loop.
- Pull the wide side through the knot in front.
- Now proceed to tighten the knot and pull it up to your collar to give a finishing touch.
No#4 Trinity Knot:
The Trinity knot offers a stylish look and makes a fashion statement for formal gatherings. This knot is much tricky and complicated.
Steps To make Trinity Knot:
- Take a start by raising the shirt collar and drape the necktie around the neck with the thin end hanging on the right side, just above the navel.
- Pinch the broadside of the tie to form a dimple in the fabric.
- Take the wide edge and cross it over the narrow border.
- Take the thin part up through the neck opening.
- Cross the thin piece under the thick part of the tie and to the other side,
- Bring the narrow edge up.
- Pull the wide border through the neck opening and toward the right to form a heart shape.
- Now move it across the heart shape and bring it up through the loop around the neck.
- Pull thin part through the knot, keeping the top loop of the knot loose.
- Move it behind the lower end to the other side.
- Now bring the short end up and through the loose loop.
- Adjust the knot for tightness (don’t tight too much)
- Fold-down the shirt collar for a finished look.
No#5 Eldredge Knot:
Eldredge Knot is a work of art because learning how to knot a tie in this style can take time. This amazing not gains a lot of attention for the exceptional result. This asymmetrical style will make a bold statement.
Steps involved in making Eldredge Knot:
- Place the necktie you love to wear on formal occasions around your neck with the wide edge on the left and the skinny end on the right. Take the wide side to the length you’d like it to finish at the end.
- Pinch the thin part of the tie to form a dimple and cross the wide end in front of the narrow end as horizontally as possible.
- Wrap the wide end around behind the cross-shape, crossing horizontally from right to left.
- Tuck the wide edge through the loop around your collar.
- Bring the thin end horizontally across the skinny end.
- Tuck the tip of the wide end up through the loop around your collar and flip it over the top of the knot, crossing diagonally downward from left to right. Pull it down snug to form a diagonal band along the right side of the knot.
- Bring the thin end around behind the back of the knot and up through the diagonal band.
- Feedthrough and pull tight to create a diagonal group on each side.
- Aim the thin end of the tie straight upward, and then tuck it down beneath the loop around your collar, emerging to the right of the knot.
- Loop the thin end of the tie-up and around the circle around your collar. Leave a little bit of slack in this step.
- Tuck the tip of the lower edge down and to the left, underneath the loop around your neck, and up through the loop you just make
- Flip the thin border over the top of the circle around your collar.
- Tuck the remaining part of the skinny end behind the neck loop on the left side.
The Bottom Line:
If you are in the list of men who give importance to wearing a necktie than you need to know that it makes your personality look more charismatic. The tie is not just a way to enhance your look but also a perfectly tied tie holds the respect of the people towards you. As harry Anderson rightly quoted:
“Necktie satisfies modern men’s desire to dress in art.”
