Men's Scarf Tying Guide

Once the gentlemen’s scarf was just draped sadly round the neck, barely visible beneath the buttoned-up overcoat, unless its owner was Rupert Bear or Dr. Who. But metrosexual man has put a stop to that. He’s wrapping and twisting and looping with abandon. And it’s nothing to do with the cold.

Suddenly the debate has exploded: “Just what is the right way for a man to wear a scarf?” The question was posed by a reader who inquired why half of young men were wearing their scarves knotted like women. A man’s scarf should be worn inside his overcoat and exposed an inch above the collar, with the tie on view. And the response to this mild observation? In short: Get knotted.

There is no other way now; this is a major revolution. Everyone is knotting. Scarves are just so long now, you’d be tripping over them otherwise. Is knotting too feminine? People will just have to take a view depending on the person. Even the established Savile Row tailor Gieves & Hawkes admits time has moved on.

The classic drape was immensely popular to bring some breakage of color with your lapel, said our friend with the tape measure. And with a silk scarf, really, that’s the only way to wear it. But for a woolen scarf, it’s perfectly acceptable for men to loop and knot. Gareth Scourfield, the fashion editor of Esquire magazine, admits that men may be influenced by their wives and girlfriends. But it has allowed men to wear scarves in a much more creative way.

Below are some examples of how men wear scarves nowadays:

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Let’s face it, men don’t have as many exciting clothes to play with as women. Nick Foulkes, the author and self-confessed “dandy” and style guru, said: The scarf is a sartorial flourish. It’s the early 21st century equivalent of the bold linings worn by 1980s estate agents.

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