Men's Fashion; Scarf Tying Styles
There are an infinite number of ways to tie a scarf. These are not those complicated ways, because one of the things with a man's scarf is that he needs to keep it simple. He needs to, whenever he ties his scarf, not even really think about it.
At the end of the day, focus on function which is to keep you warm. And the fashion, that’s nice.
1. The Drape or the Simplest Knot
It’s a simple drape, and this is where you wear the scarf just right over like this and you see this a lot in cities. You can wear it outside of the overcoat, underneath the overcoat or trench coat or whatever type of jacket, and then you’re using the actual jacket to keep it in place.
How does the drape work? Why do you even use it?
The drape is incredibly simple. It looks good. Even though it doesn’t provide much warmth, it does in a sense because what it does is it seals up the open areas. Most men have a lot of room in here and that’s what you’re looking to fill with the drape, is fill up this excess room. In addition, the fashion part, it introduces some color.
2. Reverse Drape
You simply turn it around here, throw it back, pretty simple again. It’s worn a little bit more out. Let’s say on you overcoat, if you were to button it up all the way and wanted to show off a little bit more of the scarf, then you could do the reverse drape. On the front, you’ve got same length and then you're reversing over. Depending on the look that you’re going for, you may want to look in the mirror and look at what side is showing.
The reverse drape is nice because it does a good job of closing it up, but it uses its own weight. The bad part about this is, easily, it can come undone. If you’re going to be moving around quite a bit, it’s not as great. You can also put this one under the overcoat a little bit harder because it’s going to be laying down on your back, but it works pretty good.
3. Overhand Drape
You don’t have to get this exactly perfect. This is a little bit long, but at the end of the day, you see a very simple front knot. You can tighten this up a bit. It’s almost like a tie, so a little bit of a pronounced knot here. Unless you seal up the jacket, you’re not going to fill up a lot of the room here, so that’s the overhand.
4. Once Around
This one is a lot nicer than the overhand, very simple. It wraps around. There may be some guys out there worried about having something around their neck too much. It’s not what they want. I’ve never heard of anyone having issues with this. This is a very warm knot.
5. Twice Around
The length of this scarf is about 60 inches long. The length of your scarf and also the thickness is going to affect the more complicated knots. The thicker the scarf, the bigger that knot is going to be, although if you’ve got a really long, thin scarf, you can go for more wraps. Experiment and find which type of scarf knot works for your body type and for the clothing that you’re wearing.
6. Fake Knot
A little bit more complicated, although not really. Tie a simple knot on one end and then you place the other end right through it, so very basically fake knot. You can tighten this up a bit, a lot like the overhand. This is more of a fashion knot than a practical warmth knot. The great thing, like the overhand is that you can loosen this up and you can wear it looser.
7. Parisian Knot or French Knot
The Parisian knot or the French knot is a very simple knot, but one that you need a longer scarf for. Fold it exactly in half and make a loop. Bring it around and there you go, very simple knot, one that actually is pretty warm. You want to have around the 72-inch scarf when you do something like this. The Parisian knot is for longer lengths. The great thing about this, incredibly warm, you’ve got the double scarves, or basically, it’s like two loops going around and it forms this nice knot, very simple.
At the end of the day, remember to keep it simple.
At the end of the day, focus on function which is to keep you warm. And the fashion, that’s nice.
1. The Drape or the Simplest Knot
It’s a simple drape, and this is where you wear the scarf just right over like this and you see this a lot in cities. You can wear it outside of the overcoat, underneath the overcoat or trench coat or whatever type of jacket, and then you’re using the actual jacket to keep it in place.
How does the drape work? Why do you even use it?
The drape is incredibly simple. It looks good. Even though it doesn’t provide much warmth, it does in a sense because what it does is it seals up the open areas. Most men have a lot of room in here and that’s what you’re looking to fill with the drape, is fill up this excess room. In addition, the fashion part, it introduces some color.
2. Reverse Drape
You simply turn it around here, throw it back, pretty simple again. It’s worn a little bit more out. Let’s say on you overcoat, if you were to button it up all the way and wanted to show off a little bit more of the scarf, then you could do the reverse drape. On the front, you’ve got same length and then you're reversing over. Depending on the look that you’re going for, you may want to look in the mirror and look at what side is showing.
The reverse drape is nice because it does a good job of closing it up, but it uses its own weight. The bad part about this is, easily, it can come undone. If you’re going to be moving around quite a bit, it’s not as great. You can also put this one under the overcoat a little bit harder because it’s going to be laying down on your back, but it works pretty good.
3. Overhand Drape
You don’t have to get this exactly perfect. This is a little bit long, but at the end of the day, you see a very simple front knot. You can tighten this up a bit. It’s almost like a tie, so a little bit of a pronounced knot here. Unless you seal up the jacket, you’re not going to fill up a lot of the room here, so that’s the overhand.
4. Once Around
This one is a lot nicer than the overhand, very simple. It wraps around. There may be some guys out there worried about having something around their neck too much. It’s not what they want. I’ve never heard of anyone having issues with this. This is a very warm knot.
5. Twice Around
The length of this scarf is about 60 inches long. The length of your scarf and also the thickness is going to affect the more complicated knots. The thicker the scarf, the bigger that knot is going to be, although if you’ve got a really long, thin scarf, you can go for more wraps. Experiment and find which type of scarf knot works for your body type and for the clothing that you’re wearing.
6. Fake Knot
A little bit more complicated, although not really. Tie a simple knot on one end and then you place the other end right through it, so very basically fake knot. You can tighten this up a bit, a lot like the overhand. This is more of a fashion knot than a practical warmth knot. The great thing, like the overhand is that you can loosen this up and you can wear it looser.
7. Parisian Knot or French Knot
At the end of the day, remember to keep it simple.
Courtesy: Real Men Real Style. Edited.
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