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I have tried to do one of those knots with a modern tie of mine. Those knots look too busy for me, personally. I almost always use a four-in-hand knot, sometimes a half-Windsor, and less frequently a full Windsor knot in which case I pull the tie knot down tightly.
Here is a picture of two of the members of the 1970s (and onward, I got to see them live this year) German electronic band Kraftwerk. The ones wearing ties are Ralf Hütter and Karl Bartos, respectively.
The photograph was taken in 1976, and they are wearing very narrow ties for what was fashionable during that period. Could they not have been '70s ties, but ones made during the '60s instead? They look like good ties to me, and Ralf's is very similar to the blue polka dot one I posted back in the other page. Karl wore a black knit tie, although a very thin one. I think Kraftwerk played a role in inspiring the start of the thin ties fashion of the 1980s.
You have to pull the Windsor knot tight or it is just HUGE and stupid looking. lol lol
Those ties are probably older than 1976. They weren’t wearing them that thin in the US at that time. They were acceptable in the 1980s though not at a high level. Pierre Cardin made a flash back 1955 line in 1985. They were thin. I would have bought one if they weren’t thin.
