the.com/windsor knot
A tie knot so symmetrical it looks like it's compensating for something.
means A wide, triangular, highly symmetrical way of tying a necktie, made by wrapping the wide end around twice before threading it through — favored when you want your knot to look deliberate and substantial.
from Named for the Duke of Windsor, who supposedly favored a broad, deliberate knot — though the popular story overreaches: he actually just wore thick ties that made ordinary knots look bigger, and the elaborate double-wrap knot that bears his name was devised afterward by others trying to imitate the look. So the knot is less 'his technique' and more 'his reputation, formalized by tailors.'
- origin myth
- Named for a duke who reportedly never actually tied it
- actual inventor
- His tailor, using extra-thick fabric for the illusion
- fabric cost
- Needs a longer tie than the four-in-hand
- read as
- Confident, formal, occasionally overdressed for the room