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Or Tilda Swinton, still a relatively new quantity to American audiences, playing an androgynous angel Gabriel in a Windsor knot and wavy lob and beaming with the sort of toxic positivity a youth pastor might exude while suggesting a kid would benefit from conversion therapy.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Before the season-opening game, Jaiden Cancela, a guard from Virginia Beach, stood in front of a mirror fiddling with a Windsor knot.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Also unlike his great-uncle, who popularized suede dress shoes, introduced the backless tuxedo vest and the fist-sized Windsor knot for neckties, Charles is content to stick to the basics.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
Next door, a grad student pored over the instructions for tying a half Windsor knot online — preparing for an interview over Zoom, yes, but no less anxious for it.
—Jacob Brogan, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2022
Other styles include the bow tie, the bolo tie, and the Windsor knot.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2021
The brand may be best known for outfitting masters of the universe in quintessential power suits, but Stumpfl is keenly aware that, today, power isn’t defined by a roped shoulder and a Windsor knot.
—Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2021
Fashion-forward dressers usually wear the triangular, more symmetrical, half-Windsor knot (not the full-Windsor, which is too large and bulky for today).
—Lois Fenton, Arkansas Online, 18 Apr. 2021
Strangio was wearing a blue plaid tie in a Windsor knot with a white shirt and a gray suit, the sides of his head freshly barbered and the hair on the top gelled solid.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Before the season-opening game, Jaiden Cancela, a guard from Virginia Beach, stood in front of a mirror fiddling with a Windsor knot.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Also unlike his great-uncle, who popularized suede dress shoes, introduced the backless tuxedo vest and the fist-sized Windsor knot for neckties, Charles is content to stick to the basics.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
Next door, a grad student pored over the instructions for tying a half Windsor knot online — preparing for an interview over Zoom, yes, but no less anxious for it.
—Jacob Brogan, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2022
Other styles include the bow tie, the bolo tie, and the Windsor knot.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2021
The brand may be best known for outfitting masters of the universe in quintessential power suits, but Stumpfl is keenly aware that, today, power isn’t defined by a roped shoulder and a Windsor knot.
—Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2021
Fashion-forward dressers usually wear the triangular, more symmetrical, half-Windsor knot (not the full-Windsor, which is too large and bulky for today).
—Lois Fenton, Arkansas Online, 18 Apr. 2021
Strangio was wearing a blue plaid tie in a Windsor knot with a white shirt and a gray suit, the sides of his head freshly barbered and the hair on the top gelled solid.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
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“Windsor knot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Windsor%20knot. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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