How does prince of kent tie his necktie?

[doughboysc]

How does Prince Michael of Kent tie his necktie?

Spencer Karter
Age 18

 

[dorian]

Woops. I misread your post...

Please ignore this...

 

[imageWIS]

Very funny.

Troll alert.

Why troll alert?

Jon.

As to your question, the Prince has a penchant for Kipper ties and is normally sporting a Windsor knot.

 

[dorian]

Jon, You're right. I misread his post.

 

[Khnelben]

Some time ago i posted a similar thread on Andy's with a pic from Getty's.

Anyway, apparently (as can be seen from the photo) he ties the tie high up, with the wide end hanging doen very short . But because of his DB suit, you can't see it.

In the past, though, people suggested he had tailor made ties by Turbull (which may also be true) and these were very wide and had a thick padding.

Andrey

 

[Tarmac]

I presumed it was just an NFL knot? How can you tell it is different from that? i.e. tied loose, too much on the wide part of the tie, if you could see the end of the tie, it would be too short.

 

[tlmusic]

Bernhard Roetzel, in his book "Gentleman-a Timeless Fashion" says Prince Michael likes to wear "Kipper Ties". Kipper ties are extremely wide and thick, and were popular in the late 1960's-early 1970s. From wiki: British fashion designer Michael Fish designed the kipper tie in 1966 working out of his establishment in Piccadilly. It has alternately been proposed that the name "kipper tie" is a reference to the extreme breadth of the tie resembling a kipper, or a sly reference to the designer, whose last name, Fish, was evocative of a kipper.

 

[FIHTies]

Originally Posted by imageWIS

Why troll alert?

Jon.

As to your question, the Prince has a penchant for Kipper ties and is normally sporting a Windsor knot.

The more pertinent question is why Jon signed his name between the two sentances and not at the end of the second.

Jon.

 

[DougDevious]

He doesn't. He just wraps it in a vaguely knot-like manner and the tie just withholds itself from coming loose out of a mix of fear and respect.

 

[comrade]

Personages of his rank have valets who deal with the details of
cravats and other accessories.

 

[DorianGreen]

I like a rather big knot on a tie, and the Prince of Kent is a great ambassador of this style. Of course for sporting such a knot you need a large, quite open shirt collar.

From what I usually see in this forum, seems that the most would prefer slim four-in-hand knots, which on the other hand look more appropriate with button-down collars. As I clearly prefer large spread collars, I also prefer larger knots. I also like the sense of "sprezzatura" emanating from such a knot.