How long should your tie be worn with a kilt?

[Panache]

I have noticed a great variety of tie lengths among our good membership when they are worn with their kilts.

What is your preferred length?

(I'll post my thoughts later on)

Cheers

Jamie :ootd:

[McMurdo]

Jamie, good question. As for me I prefer the length to come down to the top of the kilt or the belt, but no lower. I also prefer a solid colour wool tie with the kilt. Something like this:

[The Guy in the Kilt at UC]

Jamie, good question. As for me I prefer the length to come down to the top of the kilt or the belt, but no lower. I also prefer a solid colour wool tie with the kilt. Something like this:

Even this would be too long for me. I don't like it when ties look too long. You see it all the time when guy wear pants hanging off the hips, and it looks sloppy. The kilt is worn higher, so it makes me want to wear ties shorter. The problem is my new university tie is really long. I guess for the change in the fashion of pants.

[walkerk]

Inside the waistcoat, what's the difference?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Inside the waistcoat, what's the difference?

I'm with you on this.

[McMurdo]

Even this would be too long for me. I don't like it when ties look too long. You see it all the time when guy wear pants hanging off the hips, and it looks sloppy. The kilt is worn higher, so it makes me want to wear ties shorter. The problem is my new university tie is really long. I guess for the change in the fashion of pants.

I find that on a daily basis the tie ends up in a different position it is simply a function of tying a tie, this would then denote some leeway in the length of said tie, longer than in my photo would I think look sloppy, however I do not think that the length achieved is sloppy at all. To my eye it looks far better than a tie that is entirely too short.

[The Guy in the Kilt at UC]

I find that on a daily basis the tie ends up in a different position it is simply a function of tying a tie, this would then denote some leeway in the length of said tie, longer than in my photo would I think look sloppy, however I do not think that the length achieved is sloppy at all. To my eye it looks far better than a tie that is entirely too short.

I did not intend to mean that I thought you looked sloppy. I really only meant that about ties and low riding pants.

[Paul]

Even this would be too long for me. I don't like it when ties look too long. You see it all the time when guy wear pants hanging off the hips, and it looks sloppy. The kilt is worn higher, so it makes me want to wear ties shorter. The problem is my new university tie is really long. I guess for the change in the fashion of pants.

If my tie is too long I windsor knot it... if it's still too long I double windsor knot it!

[McMurdo]

If my tie is too long I windsor knot it... if it's still too long I double windsor knot it!

I always tend to use a Full Windsor knot on my ties. When I wore suits to work the fashion of the day was for a Half Windsor, I do however prefer the Full Windsor especially kilted.

[The Guy in the Kilt at UC]

If my tie is too long I windsor knot it... if it's still too long I double windsor knot it!

I always tend to use a Full Windsor knot on my ties. When I wore suits to work the fashion of the day was for a Half Windsor, I do however prefer the Full Windsor especially kilted.

My father taught me the way to tie a tie was the full Windsor. It wasn't until much later that learned of the other methods. At the time I thought the other guys were just being lazy. I still wear the Full Windsor almost every time.