of course, if you’ve watched Back to the Future Part 2 or been to a party with Alex Curtin, you’ll know that in the future we’ll all wear 2 neckties at once.

1930’s/1940’s - ties were kinda fat. not TOO fat. they had more of a flare to them though. like they kinda curved out at the bottom. bowties were still popular as well.

1950’s/1960’s - skinny ties were popular with mods and hipsters. the flat ended tie became very popular (not pointed on the bottom). these flat-ended ties were usually skinny. I’ve seen fat ones though. my uncle gave me several of these. some were woven. one he gave me was batik.

1970’s - ties got disgustingly fat. like ties a circus clown would wear. this is the bulk of what you see at thrift stores.

1980’s - ties got ridiculously skinny. sometimes made of leather. I bought a record recently with a pic of a guy in a super-skinny, white, leather tie with round studs going down it. I also found a polka-dotted tie at a thrift store that was so skinny I didn’t think it was a tie at first. but after much examination I declaired it a necktie because it appeared to be ever so slightly tapered. and it’s constructed like a necktie.

1990’s - I remember neckties being really popular with the girls in my middle school circa 92 or so. was this true for anybody else? I can’t say there’s anything particularly interesting about 90’s ties though. average width I guess. I bet this is when novelty ties started to come into their own. like Bugs Bunny ties, etc, etc. lots of stuff graphics that were airbrushed on.