I know there are several knots for tying a necktie. Which one looks the best?
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4-12-12
Geoffrey says:
Depends on your face and your collar style. Here are the most common ones, in order from the smallest knot to the largest:
Four-in-hand: This is the quickest and easiest of the common necktie knots to tie. It gives you a pretty small triangle, and it’s not quite symmetrical. Use it with narrow collars, if you have a slim face, or if your tie is a little on the short side and you need to use up as little extra length as possible.
Pratt or Pratt-Selby: A knot with a few different names. It makes a smaller triangle than either of the Windsor-style knots, but also uses up less length and is tied somewhat differently. It has a very regular shape. Good for smaller collar spreads and faces.
Half-Windsor: A good general-purpose knot that has a little more body and a more symmetrical shape than the four-in-hand, but also uses up another inch or two of length. Good for ties where you don’t have a lot of length to spare but aren’t coming up short, knit ties where the thickness of the tie adds body, and wearing with normal collar spreads.
Windsor: A full Windsor uses up quite a bit of length and produces a big, bulky triangle shape. Collars need to have enough spread to leave a little room on either side of the knot (you never want the knot squished up against the insides of the collar points). A good knot for ties that are a touch too long, or for men with large faces.
Depends on your face and your collar style. Here are the most common ones, in order from the smallest knot to the largest:
Four-in-hand: This is the quickest and easiest of the common necktie knots to tie. It gives you a pretty small triangle, and it’s not quite symmetrical. Use it with narrow collars, if you have a slim face, or if your tie is a little on the short side and you need to use up as little extra length as possible.
Pratt or Pratt-Selby: A knot with a few different names. It makes a smaller triangle than either of the Windsor-style knots, but also uses up less length and is tied somewhat differently. It has a very regular shape. Good for smaller collar spreads and faces.
Half-Windsor: A good general-purpose knot that has a little more body and a more symmetrical shape than the four-in-hand, but also uses up another inch or two of length. Good for ties where you don’t have a lot of length to spare but aren’t coming up short, knit ties where the thickness of the tie adds body, and wearing with normal collar spreads.
Windsor: A full Windsor uses up quite a bit of length and produces a big, bulky triangle shape. Collars need to have enough spread to leave a little room on either side of the knot (you never want the knot squished up against the insides of the collar points). A good knot for ties that are a touch too long, or for men with large faces.
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