How to Tie a Bow Tie or Tie
Contrary to popular myth, it is not difficult to tie a bow tie. In fact, if you can tie a pair of shoe laces, you can already do it. The trick, if there is one, is to do it neatly. A slight extra complication is that the knot is at your neck (and not at the end of your leg) so you will need to use a mirror … but is using a mirror that difficult?
In any case, there already seems to be numerous web sites which explain the mechanics of tying a bow tie (two of the best are The Butler’s guild and The Bow Tie Club). This page will therefore address the question of how to produce a bow so neat that people will accuse you of wearing a made-up tie.
The diagrams below show what you will see in a mirror if you follow the instructions. Obviously, the tie can also be tied if you consistently exchange right for left and vice versa in everything that follows.