I hated it with a passion. I couldn’t understand them, I thought they were overpriced bibs… psssst. I did everything I could not to wear a tie when I was younger. In fact, I wore shorts, a t-shirt and Birkenstocks under my graduation gown. Scoff if you must, but as all things do, my style of daily attire has changed. A lot.
Today, I enjoy the finer things in life. Good wine, cheese, clothes, and other things that bring comfort in an increasingly stressful society. Putting on a high quality shirt and tie just makes a person feel good… confident and ready to take on the world. I look forward to being a father and I hope I have a son who I can teach to tie a necktie; maybe a “Four-in-Hand” made famous by Italian men… maybe the classic “Half-Windsor” or “Windsor”… maybe the “Pratt-Shelby” which is less known, but shows a great command of the art of knot tying.
The image below of the ties was taken in Milan, Italy on my last European trip.
The image below is of my great-grandfather’s cufflinks that my grandmother gave me not long ago. Despite being more than 85 years old, I wear them often as they should be and as he would have wanted them to be.
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