Ascots

[MarkL]

What a wonderful thread. I love wearing a cravat and if relaxing at home then if i remove my tie i will replace it with a cravat!!

You are outlandish in your dress---wonderfully outlandish! Those ascots look magnificent as do you! I wish I had your nerve to dress as boldly. It fits you soooooo well!

 

[MarkL]

My 19 year old son got his first cravat today as a special pre-xmas gift.
The dark blue with white dots of course!
Will try to get him infront of a camera one of these days.

Loved reading that you gave your son a cravat for Christmas! My dad did the same for me, and got me hooked on them!!!

 

[MarkL]

My new cravat - bought and worn for the first time in sunny Roma last saturday.

Spitfire, you indeed are looking good. That new ascot/cravat compliments you so well.

 

[MarkL]

I wear cravats 5-6 days a week. (Allmost feel naked without it.)
Flashy? No. Attitude? Yes!
Maybe it's a european thing, but I never hear any negative or joking remarks.
Some times it's actually the opposite.

Ah...a man after my heart! Wearing an ascot 5 or 6 days a week. Sounds like heaven to me! Lucky folks around you who get to see you in your ascots so frequently. As Marty said in an earlier post, you wear them well!

 

[Spitfire]

Thank you Markl. Got any pics of yourself with cravat. Please share them.
We are a breed about to disappeare
But we do it in style.

 

[Sir RBH]

You are outlandish in your dress---wonderfully outlandish! Those ascots look magnificent as do you! I wish I had your nerve to dress as boldly. It fits you soooooo well!

This is not outlandish.. Wearing track pants and a baseball cap ( or as they are correctly called and "IQ reducer" is outlandish !!!

RBH

 

[Spitfire]

This is not outlandish.. Wearing track pants and a baseball cap ( or as they are correctly called and "IQ reducer" is outlandish !!!

RBH

:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap lol

 

[Vintage Betty]

How to Tie A Cravat (Pictorial)

Instructions on how to Tie A Cravat, from a ladies fashion magazine, June 11, 1892.

 

[Slim Portly]

That's exactly how I tie my regular neckties when I'm lazy or when they are a bit short. It gives a slightly asymmetrical knot. I haven't yet had an opportunity to tie a cravat but it's reassuring to know that I am prepared.

 

[Alon]

Isn't this a regular four-in-hand knot?

 

[Bourbon Guy]

Isn't this a regular four-in-hand knot?

Yes

 

[Orgetorix]

In case it needs spelling out, cravate is the French word for necktie.

 

[Slim Portly]

In case it needs spelling out, cravate is the French word for necktie.

Perhaps, but it's also the English word for "cravat."

 

[Alon]

A much more exciting knot is the Prince Albert, featured on Lord Whimsy's site in the tutorial section.

 

[Smithy]

If you want to tie a cravat/ascot then the knot is a basic four in hand without tucking the end through the knot, it is just pulled over and laid at the front.

If you want to tie a cravate in the French sense then that's just one of the ways you could do it

 

[Spitfire]

As a "cravat man" myself I agree with Smithy. That's the way to do it.

 

[Orgetorix]

Perhaps, but it's also the English word for "cravat."

True. However, the illustration shows the steps for tying a necktie. The process of tying what we call a cravat may be the same, but that's not what the illustration is showing.

 

[BellyTank]

"How to tie a Tie", in French-
is what it is.


B
T

 

[Feng_Li]

Me in ascot again

After an afternoon in the park with my lady friend and dinner with my parents. Please excuse the goofy grin.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Exactly - it's "how to tie a tie" in French not to be confused with "how to tie a cravat" in English.