How long should your tie be worn with a kilt?

[Ancienne Alliance]

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

I do the same thing Paul.

This is more or less how they look like.



I've noticed my ties are not all the same lenght to start with...

I'll probably be posting photos sowing how I knot my ties.

Excellent thread Jamie.



Best,

Robert

[Dall_Piobaire]

Tip of tie just touching either top of belt buckle or top of kilt for me.

Tie tacks? Favored knots?

[Phil]

I would say McMurdo has it about right. Ties that are too short or too long just look a bit sloppy whether worn with a kilt, p@nts or whatever. I even saw one protruding from the neck of a turtle-neck sweater which really did look ridiculous!

[xena]

"How long should your tie be worn with a kilt?"

The entire time!

Sorry, I couldn't resist using that one.

But, no, I voted that I don't wear ties. I'm either in T-shirts or a variation on clerical shirts (actually a solid black kosovorotka - it looks like a clerical shirt without the white notch, and buttons to the side rather than the front).

But, I agree with McMurdo. Aim for between the top of the kilt and middle of the buckle. I've found that ties come to different points every day - something to do with the natural variations in the tying process. So, there should, IMO, be a bit of a "fudge factor" involved.

[fluter]

"How long should your tie be worn with a kilt?"

Hmmm, about even with the points of the collar? I habitually wear a bow tie, which effectively keeps it out of my soup.

[Urchurdan]

"How long should your tie be worn with a kilt?"

Hmmm, about even with the points of the collar? I habitually wear a bow tie, which effectively keeps it out of my soup.

I thought like me, your whiskers would take care of the soup problem? I know it does with me, they catch the soup long before it reaches the tie...LoL...

[Old Hippie]

I habitually wear a bow tie, which effectively keeps it out of my soup.

You just have to change your technique.

I've been wearing bowties every day for the last couple of months, kilted and without the kilt (that'd be with p@nts, ye dirty-minded scoundrels!).

When I wear neckties, I like the length to fall about where the top of a kilt waistband would fall. Hence, I tie them about the same length whether worn with a kilt or p@nts.

:ootd:

[Zardoz]

I was taught that a properly worn neck tie should just touch the top of a man’s p@nts, covering the top p@nts buttons at the longest. I carry this etiquette over to kilt wearing as well, with the tie just grazing the top of the kilt or buckle. Because on average kilts are worn higher than pants, this scheme can be a little hard sometimes with standard neckties, they can be way too long sometimes and I'll end up tucking a bit of the narrow end into my shirt. I've aquired a few of the shorter wool ties sold through various kilt vendors, and these are better for me.

This having been said, I find I rarely wear a tie without a waistcoat, so that covers any miscalculations in length I may commit.

[Jack Daw]

I was taught that a properly worn neck tie should just touch the top of a man’s p@nts, covering the top p@nts buttons at the longest. I carry this etiquette over to kilt wearing as well, with the tie just grazing the top of the kilt or buckle. Because on average kilts are worn higher than pants, this scheme can be a little hard sometimes with standard neckties, they can be way too long sometimes and I'll end up tucking a bit of the narrow end into my shirt. I've aquired a few of the shorter wool ties sold through various kilt vendors, and these are better for me.

This having been said, I find I rarely wear a tie without a waistcoat, so that covers any miscalculations in length I may commit.

For trousers, the tie should cover the belt buckle.

[Heming]

I voted top of the kilt, but in truth I seldom wear a tie unless I'm also wearing a waistcoat. So my real answer is "short enough not to show below the waistcoat".