Welcome to the Gentleman's Gazette.
In this video, I'm going to show you a few more advanced ways to tie your bow tie.
I assume that you already know how to tie a bow tie but if not, check out this video
where I explain how to do it.
Okay first, let's the bow tie in this way where the knot is more three dimensional and
looks different.
I'm using a Barathea bow tie here from Fort Belvedere.
Again you want the left end to be slightly longer than your right one and you simply
tie it.
Okay, normally this is the point where you just bring the bow tie down here and tie it.
In order to get a different look, all you have to do is take this front end and twist
it so you get a look that you like and then bring it down so you get that nice knot and
then just finish tying your bow tie just like you did the way before.
As you can see, it's a very nice twist tot he normal way of tying a bow tie.
I particularly like it with solid bow ties such as this black bow tie because it adds
another element of dimension and it really makes you and your outfit look different from
all the others who wear a black bow tie.
Okay, in this second variationI'm going to show you how to tie a bigger bow tie knot
that is not extremely tight like so.
So when you start, you want your left end to be just a tad longer than before to give
you a little more room so maybe an inch and a half or about 4 centimeters and then you
just tie the bow tie the same way again and now what you intentionally want to do, you
want to keep things rather loose and then eventually what you can do, you can
press it flat slightly and then it depends on your taste.
This way, you get a bow tie that's really big and you can see it's more like slightly
asymmetrical, it's big in the middle, bunches up.
So if you don;t want that you can always pull on the ends that are folded.
Pull slightly through and create a slightly tighter knot.
The third way to create a really unique bow tie look is to use a single end bow tie.I'm
wearing the black moire single end bow tie from Fort Belvedere today.
Unlike a regular bow tie, this bow tie just has one bow end which is called single end
bow tie.You tie it very similarly to a regular bow tie but there are a few exceptions so
first, start out and you lay the wide end onto your shirt and the short end goes on
top.
Now you pinch it you want to pull it through a little bit and then you bring the slim end
up and now like a regular bow tie, slim end up, you create your shape.
You have to pay attention here because there's just one way to do this.
There's not much adjustment you can do.
Now you bring this part over and instead of pulling the back end to the side, you bring
it through here and you simply pull up.
First, adjust it so it's right now you pull up.
You can either get a tight knot or a loose knot, it's up to you and once you have it
pulled up here all the way, I like it with a tight knot sometimes just looks cool.
Bring this end, basically, flip up your collar bring this end under the inside band here
so nobody can see it.
It's also suitable to be worn with detachable collars and you just have to spend a little
more time getting it neatly underneath your collar but it's basically there's no clasp
at the end, no adjustment, and it looks really beautiful with detachable collar as well.
Here, I fold this one down, adjust it slightly in the way I like it, VOILA!
The single end bow tie.
Single end bow ties are extremely rare, they were sometimes worn by very elegant men in
the 20s and in the 30s for white tie and black tie events.
Today, they are basically extinct.
For that reason, I decided to design my own single end bow ties because I really enjoy
the look of them and you can find them in our shop.
All Fort Belvedere black bow ties come in a fixed length without adjuster that means
they're sized according to your neck size and the advantage of that is on the one hand,
if you wear detachable collars, there are no visible adjustors and even if you wear
a regular turn down collar the way I do, it's just a next step up from an adjustable bow
tie and you can take it out and it just shows you that you truly understand what you're
doing.
This kind of fixed length bow ties are hard to find especially in various materials but
at Fort Belvedere, we offer them in Satin, barathea, In grosgrain, Faille and moire.
The traditional way to choose a bow tie material for your tuxedo is to simply use the same
material as you have on your lapel faces.