The ability to tie a tie often looks tricky from an unknowing eye, but with a few minutes of practice, you'll be a tie-tying pro for years to come.
Difficulty: Average
Time Required: 10 minutes
Here's How:
- Begin by lifting up the collar – “popping the collar,” if you will - of your shirt, then place the tie around the back of your neck. The wide end of your tie should hang down about twice as far as the skinny end.
- A few inches below your neck, wrap the wide end of the tie around the skinny end twice.
- Push the wide end through the back of the V-shape made by the almost-formed knot.
- Tuck the wide end through the front loop of the knot, then tug down on both the skinny and wide ends until the knot is tight.
- Holding the skinny end, slide the knot up to your neck.
- Flip your collar back down and voila! You are now a tie-tying pro!
Tips:
- If the skinny end hangs below the wide end, untie the tie and begin again, with the wide end hanging lower than it did the first time.
- If, on the other hand, the wide end hangs too low, untie the tie and begin again, with the wide end hanging higher than it did the first time.
What You Need:
- buttondown shirt
- tie
- patience