Know your Tie
There
are several standard ways to knot a tie: The Four-in-hand knot
, the Windsor knot, half-Windsor etc. Undoubtedly , four-in-hand
knot is the easiest, and an appropriate knot for all occaisions.
It is the smallest and most precise of knots.Whatever the knot
be, each should be tied so that there is a dimple or crease in
the center of the tie just below the knot.
The colour selection of the tie should depend upon the country
you are in.For eg,in Brazil, avoid wearing a tie with the combination
of yellow and green. These are Brazil's national colors, and Brazilians
do not like a non-Brazilian wearing them.
Striped ties do not go with striped shirts or jackets. Choose
a solid or patterned tie with striped shirts. Loud ties go well
with plain white or solid-color shirt.
A tie that only hangs to the belly-button looks cheap; one that
hangs over your pants fly does not look nice. Even worse, when
the broad end of the tie is outdistanced by the narrow end. Instead,
the tip of the broad end should extend just to the top of your
belt buckle.
There are some tips to begin with : Drape the necktie around
your collar so that the seam of the tie is lying along the collar.
The broad end should be on the side of your dominant hand. Now
for the measuring trick: place the tip of the narrow end just
above the fourth button down your shirt , and eliminate the slack
by pulling down on the broad end. Again, the tie seam should remain
hidden in the back.
Another measuring trick is to let the broad end hang down twice
as long as the narrow end. To check if you've done this right,
fold the broad end in half up towards your neck. The folded portion
should be equal in length to the narrow end.
Instructions for The Four-in hand knot
1.Start
with wide end of the tie on your right and extending a foot below
narrow end.
2.Turn
wide end back underneath narrow end.
3.Continue
by bringing wide end back over in front of narrow end once more.
4.Pull
wide end up and through the loop around your neck. .
5.Holding
front of knot loose with index finger, pass wide end down through
loop in front.
6.Remove
finger and tighten knot carefully. Draw up tight to collar by
holding narrow end and sliding knot snug.
Care your Tie
Always unknot your tie when you're not wearing it. Leave it knotted
will cause permanent wrinkles. Rolling the tie up from the narrow
end first and leaving it for a day or two will remove some wrinkles.
To unknot the tie, reverse the tying procedure. Don't pull the
knot down the small end of the tie. This could break the thread
on the inside that runs from one end of the tie to the other and
helps maintain the balance of the tie.
Dry cleaning is not advisable for ties. While the tie is pressed
while dry cleaning, the lining gets compressed and luster of the
silk is lost.
A water stain can generally be removed by rubbing it with a piece
of the same fabric (may be with other end).
More serious stains can be removed by a spot remover such as carbon
tetrachloride.
