HOW TO TIE A BOW TIE | SIMPLE TUTORIAL

In this video your host demonstrates how to tie a bow tie the easy way.

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[IsmaelTomas]

Ash, it’s 8:12 pm California time, April 5, 2025 and just followed your instructions on the bow tie. I just learned how to tie a bow tie, and yes, it’s quite the feeling of upping the style level another notch. Thank you, sir!

[DavidHalfordsLane]

Muscle memory and easier when the fabric becomes a bit looser with use. Great tutorial, sir. Wear and stand-out!

[lynn]

Great video! I have two, one Churchill dot and the other a regimental-style stripe. I'll have to break them out and use them!

[todd]

One of your best videos on how to tie a bowtie y’all do one on how to properly tie a tie tie. Did you good job? I like you a lot. I’m from the US. I know you’re from England but you have a very good channel. Keep up the great work, and we need more men like you

[GerardMolloy-ipyc]

Love this. Been a wearer of a bow tie for several years now. As a right handed I go a different route but the same result. Great video. Cheers Ash.

[ronaldpoppe]

Ash. Thank you for this informative video. I'm going to get a couple of bow ties especially a black one. I am no longer going to wear the pre-tied one. Very best regards Ron

[clivemcquire]

Thanks for this Ash, I have never mastered it, but now I shall retry to tie……..😉

[philw]

Will make sure I have this on standby for the inevitable bunch of guys in the office gents with panicked looks on their faces (me included) trying to tie their bow ties before the annual office Christmas do 😊. Excellent tutorial - thanks!

[mikebodner]

It appears that a key step is that the longer side in the initial set up, needs to be flipped back over the shoulder, while forming the shape of the bow with the shorter side.

[MisterBurtonshaw]

After listening to you Youtube chaps I picked up a self-tie bowtie for my black tie ensemble, sat myself down with a video guide and had a bash, success. I will attest, a self-tie jobbie looks better than the ready rolled ties Mam procured for us as youngsters. Now, I'm considering a coloured variant for use with more casual outfits. thank you for your efforts again. M

[derranstokes]

My Dad taught me to tie a bow tie around my 18th birthday. He said two minutes to learn, but a skill for life.

[richardwall]

Hi Ash
Thanks for the video .
Ive only found this offering this evening Sadlly i could have done with it a couple of days ago
As we are away again next month on our second cruise in 3mths i thought it was well in order to update my style profile some what .As you rightly say now ive learned this skill its with me for life .
Thanks for your great work.I watched your last "life coaching video "in the early hours of today 😊😊😊😊

[RobertJonesWightpaint]

I've worn bow-ties for years, and have struggled with them sometimes: but that's because I did NOT grab both ends as you have done: so that'll serve me very well.

[vrdrew]

Great content, as usual, Ash!

IMHO tying a bow tie is just a bit more difficult/complicated than shoe laces. It's also a matter of frequency, since I end up tying shoelaces pretty much every day. Bow ties? Not so much. That said:

It can be helpful in learning this process if you practice on something other than your own neck. The process is complicated somewhat by the fact that you can't see what you are doing, and the procedure is backwards when viewed in a mirror. I learned by wrapping the tie around my own thigh, just above the knee, which had a circumference roughly similar to my own neck. I've also seen teddy bears or other stuffed animals brought in as ad hoc tailors dummies. Believe me, its much easier to master if you can see clearly what you are doing.

[michaelblazin]

You left off the best part. As the event ends, you pull it apart and let it dangle down so everyone knows that you tied it. Also, if the knot is too perfect, you know it was pre-tied. The tie always has variations, different that the long tie.

[alamore]

Very helpful for this evenings 2024 Autumn Elegance Gala. See you there gentlemen!

[johnbunton]

Excellent little tutorial, Ash. -Size 15 and 1/2? I'm size 17 and 1/2 -18. (You have no idea the number of fabulous shirts I've had to pass up at thrift stores and charity shops because they were too small. )

[morrisdoug]

You should have shown the two ways to tighten the knot after you have formed the

[bigbadbith]

So, here I am on my sixth go - and it bloody worked!
I’m off to my local gentleman’s outfitter to buy some really obnoxious box ties…..
…maybe noy😊😊

[QV]

Knowing how to tie a bow tie also give a bit of a superiority complex to people who don’t know how to one let alone a normal tie. It’s pretty easy once you get use to it.