I didn't wear a tie until upper school, so it was when I was 11/12.
Same here, although at the secondary school I attended school ties were only compulsory until we reached the 4th year (14/15 year old - now Year 10) when school uniform rules were relaxed and we could more or less dress as we liked provided that we stuck to school colours (black or grey + gold or white) and were deemed "decent" i.e. no short skirts, no low cut blouses, no midriffs showing etc. Boys still had to wear ties though except in Summer.
I learnt the four-in-hand for secondary school. I learnt how to tie it properly, so the end just reaches the waistband (as should be made mandatory, by LAW) when I was 26.
Two relatively irrelevant things that irritate the hell out of me are knots bigger than a man's fist and ends that hang half way up the shirt, making the wearer look like a bloody schoolboy.
11, for secondary school. In primary school I had one of those stringy ties. I'm a girl and I'm going to university soon, so that's a skill I will probably never need to use again.
6. That's when a uniform with a tie was introduced to my Primary school. Carried on wearing ties in education til I was 16. And now I sometimes wear one cos I think ties are great.
The day before I started high school, we only had the clip ins (or never wore them) in primary school. I went to a wedding on Saturday and it took me a few seconds to remember how to do them it had been ages since I wore one
Yep, 11 for me too. The school was a military one, and ties were compulsary for girls and boys.
In the summer though, if it was really hot, we had 'Shirt Sleeve Order' eg, we were allowed to remove the tie, and fold our sleeves up, had to be very neatly though, just above the elbow! :eek::D
Late teens(18/19) /early twenties (am a female, school uniform didn't have a tie and cadets had a pre done clip on) ..
I learnt to aid my superb flirting technique (which involved undoing and doing the gentlemans tie) when out in city bars it always worked! I must admit to having once been one of 'those' daft girls who would, by the end of the evening, be wearing several men's ties...
For the record- I always gave the ties back same evening, before departing our seperate ways (to to clarify..)
Although I didnt give one tie back- its still in the wardrobe now as it belongs to my husband :cool:
I must admit, I can't do one but as a woman I've never needed to....
Female here too, but we needed to in primary school. It must have been shortly after I started, age 5, that I learned as I don't remember my parents having to do it for me, but obviously they must have done for a short time.
Funny thing is, my brother is 2-and-a-half years older and I can remember my dad having to do his tie for him for many years. I learned long before him, but then my brother was always at the coo's tail for pretty much everything.
Had to wear one from primary school up to the end if 6th form, so must have learnt around 5 or 6. Only had to tie a tie for fancy dress parties for many years, until a couple of years ago, whilst a wedding guest - came down to hotel reception to go to the church and was faced with 6 American ushers and the groom, none of which could tie their ties! Was a good way to introduce myself! Lol
5 for me (female) it was compulsory in primary and secondary for boys and girls, my boys both learned at that age too I think they got a badge at anchor boys as it was one of their achievements to join the boys brigade
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Same here, although at the secondary school I attended school ties were only compulsory until we reached the 4th year (14/15 year old - now Year 10) when school uniform rules were relaxed and we could more or less dress as we liked provided that we stuck to school colours (black or grey + gold or white) and were deemed "decent" i.e. no short skirts, no low cut blouses, no midriffs showing etc. Boys still had to wear ties though except in Summer.
Two relatively irrelevant things that irritate the hell out of me are knots bigger than a man's fist and ends that hang half way up the shirt, making the wearer look like a bloody schoolboy.
I still to this day dnt understand what a tie actually does though
Never learned to do a bow-tie properly though
In the summer though, if it was really hot, we had 'Shirt Sleeve Order' eg, we were allowed to remove the tie, and fold our sleeves up, had to be very neatly though, just above the elbow! :eek::D
I learnt to aid my superb flirting technique (which involved undoing and doing the gentlemans tie) when out in city bars
For the record- I always gave the ties back same evening, before departing our seperate ways (to to clarify..)
Although I didnt give one tie back- its still in the wardrobe now as it belongs to my husband
Funny thing is, my brother is 2-and-a-half years older and I can remember my dad having to do his tie for him for many years. I learned long before him, but then my brother was always at the coo's tail for pretty much everything.
In Year 7 Dad had to do it for me, around his own neck, take it off still tied, and then loop if over my head!
The knot he eventually taught me is quite complicated; I don't know what it's called. It's the only one I know and the one I do to this day.
I still remember my dad teaching me how to do it.