Makes a mental note not to wear a bowtie with a spearpoint collar.
Fellas, does anyone know of an easy to follow instuctional video that makes tying a bowtie a piece of cake?
The paper pattern instruction that comes with new bowties is pathetic. I've spent hours in front a mirror,
with the computer to one side trying to follow the YouTube "How to," instruction.
Perhaps it's me that's pathetic. I can get to the finished result, but it always looks like a bedraggled limp affair,
as though I had been caught in a downpour. It takes the deft fingers of my wife to get it looking as smart as
Merlin's. I am sure it's a question of practice makes perfect, I've always tied a neck tie with the Windsor knot,
something that some friends find impossible, but I can do it without a mirror. So I guess that the bowtie has to
be similar.
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Perhaps it's me that's pathetic. I can get to the finished result, but it always looks like a bedraggled limp affair,
as though I had been caught in a downpour. It takes the deft fingers of my wife to get it looking as smart as
Merlin's.
I am sure it's a question of practice makes perfect, I've always tied a neck tie with the Windsor knot,
something that some friends find impossible, but I can do it without a mirror. So I guess that the bowtie has to
be similar.
Charles is a whiz at teaching the proper tying of any neckwear. If his shop were close to me here then he would definitely have me as a customer. This video is essential to really understanding how to tie the bowtie for beginners and experts alike because you have to understand how the tie is tied using the loop at the back. Everyone else just figures you will know it is there without showing you how to do it. I bet if you try it now with that in mind you will nail it perfectly.Charles not only makes it look simple, although I haven't given it a go yet, he has, unknowingly, shown me where I'm making the mistake. By turning to profile, and demonstrating that loop, through which the tie is thread, has lifted the scales as though it were. Previously, my problem has been to think of the bowtie as a necktie, with the finish being a slip knot that draws the tie up to it's final position. Seeing Charles' demonstration makes it obvious that the first part of the knot is essential to get the tie's position correct. Or am I talking a load of gobble-de-gook?
Whatever, I understand, much appreciated for posting that link.
Charles Eames demonstrating how bow ties don't work with soft, long pointed collar sports shirts:
That shirt just cries out for a cowboy (ribbon) tie
I've observed the same thing, AC. Aside from the hipsters, who wear bow ties ironically, I see very few here in the Bay Area (where I see very few ties, period). But I was in Washington, DC last month and saw many men wearing bow ties as part of their professional ensembles.
Fellas, does anyone know of an easy to follow instuctional video that makes tying a bowtie a piece of cake?