OPINION: MALE CALL. OPINION | MALE CALL: Dimple in tie knot enhances a look, takes two seconds. October 24, 2021 at 2:19 a.m. by Lois Fenton ...

Q My new business will require me to wear a tie, which I haven't done in over a decade. Which one is really the appropriate tie and knot today? I don't trust checking online, where I think ...

Every son struggles to create an identity separate from his father’s, as you can tell from how the president usually knots his necktie. They have so much in common, these New England-born, Yale ...

Tie dimples, those little creases just below the knot, are overrated. We live in an age of anal-retentive tie tying, hence the current rage for the Windsor knot. Overattentive dressers like its ...

The Windsor is a complex knot, requiring yards of excess fabric. At 6-foot-2, Obama may be wearing the four-in-hand out of physical necessity. Or else, fashion necessity.

If the easy-to-tie Four-in-Hand knot isn't for you, give the Half-Windsor a shot. This basic tie knot isn't as involved as the full Windsor but still conveys the same look.

Some of the guys I see wearing a tie these days -- TV newscasters and politicians -- don't seem to put a dimple in their ties when they make the knot. I thought you are supposed to.

The symmetrical full-Windsor knot is out of style and out of proportion for today's narrower ties. Back when ties approached 4 inches in width, the full-Windsor worked, but now it looks really dated.

In the photos above, Samuel Figueroa of Men's Warehouse in Holyoke explains how to tie a Windsor knot step by step. 1) Start with the wide end of the tie on the right, and the narrow end on your left.