How to Tie a Bow Tie

Use this guide to learn how to tie a bow tie. For other knots, see Mahalo's guides to:

Guide Note

How to Tie a Bow Tie

  1. Turn up the collar of your shirt and make sure that the top button is buttoned.
  2. Drape the bow tie around your neck so that one end is hanging 2 inches longer than the other.
  3. Take the longer end and cross it over the shorter end.
  4. Pull the longer end up through the loop between your collar and tie.
  5. Take the shorter end and double it over onto itself while holding it horizontally across the front of the loop.
  6. Take the longer end and loop it forward over the center of the base.
  7. Fold the longer end back on itself and push it through the loop behind the bow tie.
  8. Adjust the bow tie by pulling at each end and by straightening the center knot.

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