“Bond mistrusted anyone who tied his tie with a Windsor knot,” Fleming wrote. “It showed too much vanity. It was often the mark of a cad.” At their inauguration ceremony, Vice President JD ...

But no fear, Off Duty's Wendy Bounds gets the lowdown on how to tie a perfect tie from the professionals. This week she learns the precise way to execute the Windsor Knot.

Tying a tie is practically a rite of passage. For many guys, it’s a skill linked to a specific memory or milestone — that first awkward attempt at prom, the nervous fumbling before a big job ...

“Bond mistrusted anyone who tied his tie with a Windsor knot,” Fleming wrote. “It showed too much vanity. It was often the mark of a cad.” Cads in Windsor knots abounded at Monday's ceremon ...

The most dapper guys might even suggest that the tie is the centerpiece of a man's look: The shirt collar folds around it, it covers the buttons, and the jacket lapels fall to either side of it to ...