How to Tie a Bow Tie | Men's Fashion

Hey, I'm Charles from Louis Purple, and I'm going to teach you how to tie a bow tie today. So you can wear bow ties with most typically with wing collars. That works well with tuxedos, but we don't see too many people wearing it nowadays. People wear bow ties with small spread collars, and I think that's how they look best. So let's go back to how to tie the bow tie. So the way you want to start is to have the right hand, depending if you're right-handed or left-handed, whichever is more convenient for you. One hand is going to be longer than the other than the other one.

You don't want, depending on the kind of finish you have on your bow tie, you might want to adjust the length so that you have enough width to tie the knot and make it easy for yourself. So this is where you start. The right end should be slightly longer, because I'm right-handed. You go over the shorter end. Pull it out under. That's step one. And you don't worry about the longer side. So once you're in this position, it's pretty much like tying a shoelace. So what you want to do is bring up the shorter side sideways like this. Pull down the longer part over, and it would be the middle of the knot.

And now all you have to do is fold the part in your right hand and slide it inside the loop that you created. And then you just gently tighten the knot, and it's like magic. The knot stops, too. You just pull on different ends, the ones that are opposed to each other. So if you're pulling the back end with your right hand, you want to pull the front end with your left hand. And then you start adjusting the knot and making it however fluffy you like to to be. And that's how you tie a bow tie. Pretty easy, isn't it?

[joshweaver]

I like it how he takes his time on the non important parts and blitzes through the complicated ones

[DrTelamericorp]

"And then you just fold it into the fifth dimension."

[MrDanixtrm]

I've been sitting in from of this mirror for what feels like forever. I've lost sensations of my fingers. I don't know if the outside world is the same or not. If anyone's out there, please, let me know.

[dwightshealey]

62 years old and I've never tied a bow tie gonna have to try it because I'm 62 years old and bowties are cool especially with a tuxedo

[cowboynobby]

How to tie a bow tie;
Step 1: Put the bow tie around your neck under the collar ensuring that one side is longer than the other.
Step 2: Throw a tantrum.

[wilfordtheth]

Day 569 of trying to tie a bowtie: still cannot find “the loop”
*note* last step is NOT AT ALL like tying your shoes

[bellejade]

I am now the only person in my house who knows how to tie a tie and a bow tie I now have control of the male units.

[jerodwolf]

I can't wait for the tutorial on how to tie a noose

[z_man]

"it's like tying shoelaces!"

Yeah hyperbolic seventh dimensional shoelaces

[TheToneBender]

I don't even have a bow tie... why am I here..?

[chriskonowitz]

this is NOTHING like tying a shoelace!!! :-D

[jasonbruno]

This is the most frustrating thing I have ever done.

[jakebettencourt]

*"And all shoo haf to do iz thees..."* * ties knot in Sanik speed * *"And there shoo haf eet!"*

[laurenroberts]

I'm a 16 year old girl, I have no idea how I ended up here.

[papasquash]

This video I find is better as a reminder right before you're about to do something as opposed to actually teaching you how. It still has it's uses as I watch this video literally every time right before a concert, but I can see how people struggle on trying to learn off of this video.

[kiril]

I hate when professionals say "pretty easy"
using a spoon is pretty easy!!! Tying  a bow tie IS NOT!!! PRETTY!! EASY!!!

[NealTK]

Yeah. Easy. 1st time, not so much. 2nd time, still didn't get it. 241st time, I ripped my tie into pieces ans swore I would never subject myself to a bow tie again.

Then, a friend showed me how to do it exactly as you do, but in a mirror.

I LOVE it!

[BondofOblivion]

I was doing pretty good until he started doing sorcery.

[quietdime]

Oh really? Just pull it through that loop huh? Just fold it, huh?
What a worthless explanation.

[Lugo]

you ever showed a kid a cool trick and you can see in their face that their mind was just blown? That's how I was watching this video