Quote Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR View Post
Most striped neck ties in the US have the stripes going from right to the left ( like this: \ In the UK, most regimental ties go from the left to the right ( / ). While many ties resemble regimental ties, they are not the same, due to the stripes.
So I walked over to the bookstore here on campus to look at the university ties. They follow your UK convention, going from the left to the right ( / ).

The school (University of Cincinnati) is in the US by the way.