#Necktie October 9

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Yesterday I attended a funeral for a friend David Myron McGuirt. Since retirement I have not worn on NECKTIE on many occasions but I did yesterday

Every day this month I am participating in the 30 Day Knot Tying #Coach4aayChallenge.

Since a tie requires a knot I wanted to research the history of NECKTIES in America. I remember my dad’s ties all being extremely skinny. Photos from the early part of the 20th century also depicted a lot of short ties.

When I put on a NECKTIE I discovered the knot I have used since childhood is the Half-Windsor. You can go to Animated Knots and learn on how to do it correctly. Yesterday I decided to attempt a new way to wear my NECKTIE using a larger knot that is called the Pratt

Jessie Langsdorf

America’s modern NECKTIE owes it origins to Jessie Langsdorf.

Prior to the 1920s, ties were made from a single piece of cloth and cut with a 45 degree bias across the material. 

Jessie was a New York tie manufacturer that patented a new way of cutting fabric on an 45 degree angle and then sewing it in three segments. That 1924 process created the Langsdorf Necktie.

Langsford is the NECKTIE we see the most of in America. Yes the the width and length has expanded and shrunken over the years but Jessie’s tie is still with us.

NECKTIES over time

Reading other people’s blog posts often helps me learn things. I came across a site called Most Everything Vintage. That blog had a great 2016 article on NECKTIES Through The Decades. It was written by Alisa

Her blog post included a great graphic that told of the history of the NECKTIE.

Before the end of the month I plan on mastering the Bowtie.