(sometimes referred to as the Shelby Knot)
In 1989, this knot was featured in the New York Times(US), and in
the Daily Telegraph (UK). If you ever hear this knot referred to as the
Shelby knot, it was because Don Shelby featured it on TV, and was mistakenly identified by the
New York City fashion stylists as the inventor of the Pratt Knot.
What's interesting about this knot is that you start with the
tie inside out. That means turning the pattern inward inside your collar, and having the front
of the tie facing backward underneath the tail end. Sounds very strange, yet it all works out as shown in the diagram.
Here
are the full instructions on how to tie the Pratt Knot. The tail end
of the tie stays the wrong way the whole time if you follow these instructions
to the letter. If you don't want this, twist the tie to the right
way before doing the final tighten. The resulting knot is tidy and fairly
wide but not as wide as the Windsor knot.
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