Knit Ties

[TSP13]

Does anyone wear a knit tie every now and then? One of my friends wears one almost everyday. I wasn't sure about the look at first, but it is starting to grow on me. It sure does make you stand out. Is there a specific time of the year to wear them? I know they were popular in the 1920's, but is there any sort of code on them?

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

I don't wear them with suits, but I will wear one with a sports jacket in colder months.

 

[Tomasso]

I wear them year around. Personally, I wear pointed end knits with suits and square end knits with sport jackets. Certainly not a rule as I've seen many well dressed gents wear square end with suits; Ian Flemming's Bond for one.

 

[Metatron]

Great way to look casual yet well put together at the same time.

 

[Guttersnipe]

I personally lover knit ties and wear them with suits or odd jackets irrespective of season. While many people associate knit neck wear with the 60s and 70s, they actually been around since at least the 1920s:

Cary Grant was a fan of knit ties too:

And Sean Connery's Bond always wore at least one knit tie per movie in homage to Flemming's original description (in the novels, I believe Bond is described as almost always wearing a black knit ite):

 

[Tomasso]

I like to wear them with flannel in particular, as Luca does here:

 

[tropicalbob]

Black silk knits are the most versatile ties you can own.

 

[Tomasso]

Black silk knits are the most versatile ties you can own.

I've heard that said of black grenadine.

 

[Dinerman]

 

[Two Types]

Some of mine

 

[Two Types]

I'm having a tie clear out at the moment, so if you are interested in any send me a PM.

 

[Tomasso]

My knits at rest:

A few pointy-ends worn mainly with suits:

 

[Hemingway Jones]

I've been wearing them almost everyday, plain navy, royal blue, or gray with dark Brooks Brothers suits. I wear them with modern dress shirts, french cuffs, and 60s influenced suits. It's a great look.

You just need to be careful to untie them and not pull them off because they will elongate otherwise. And if you have rough hands as I do, you have to be careful all around.

 

[Metatron]

The Ferrari guy is something of an overlooked style icon.
Of course the focus is mainly on the cars.

 

[TSP13]

Not sure if I'm sold on the pointy ones yet... they just don't fit the prototype in my mind.

 

[Two Types]

The pointed ones seems to be rather rare. I think I have only ever had one (black silk made in Italy) that fell to pieces many years ago. Someone once told me (and I'm not sure how true it is) that only the Italians made pointed end knitted ties.

 

[Guttersnipe]

The pointed ones seems to be rather rare. I think I have only ever had one (black silk made in Italy) that fell to pieces many years ago. Someone once told me (and I'm not sure how true it is) that only the Italians made pointed end knitted ties.

Grenadine ties are usually pointed rather than square bottomed. I'm not sure where the Italian connection fits in. J. Press and Drake's of London are the two makers most associated with that style.

 

[Tomasso]

The world supply of silk knit ties comes from just a couple of mills in Italy. All the branded silk knits you see (Charvet, Marinella, Rubinacci, Tirnbull & Asser, etc...) come from the same makers.

 

[Guttersnipe]

The world supply of silk knit ties comes from just a couple of mills in Italy. All the branded silk knits you see (Charvet, Marinella, Rubinacci, Tirnbull & Asser, etc...) come from the same makers.

Interesting. So, is it just the weaving which is done in Italy or the actual assembling of the ties too?

 

[Tomasso]

Interesting. So, is it just the weaving which is done in Italy or the actual assembling of the ties too?

The ties are woven and finished at the mill. Some branding labels are applied at the mill and some are applied down the distribution chain.