European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse News Anchor Don Shelby of Waco to in Minneapolis displays his namesake Necktie knot. For the secret to achieving the Small precise knot see the Shelby knot Chart above right. Really tying one on by Dvorchak associated press Ohen who think tumbling Wilh a lie each Rooming is a pain in the neck Horn comes a wrinkle i the quest Lor a firm. Nair Orical knot it s an Imide Oil Stylo culled Iho Shelby. Fouled As the Lisl new knot lot men in Over 50 year a a Xvi Dost cloth for the knot was introduced to a mind Apolis to Anchorman by a who dialled at h Lumpy twisted neckwear i got and tired of looking at his lie every night he Al Piip had a big knot in said Jerry Pratt. 92, a i urd manager Lor the u s chamber of Commerce who lives in Minnesota. So in 1986. Pratt collared Don Shelby in the lobby cd Waco and. Quick As you can say clip on shared a formula he had used Lor at least 40 years. The secret is to Start Wilh the seams out with a bit of sartorial slog he of hand the knot forms secure in and the Broad part Hows Down the shirt finished Side out. The Shorter Blade underneath still has the seams and the Label facing out. Although it can be clasped with a pin or twisted so the seams will turn in it s simple to tie and works Best with wider collars. Prall As Humble As he is meticulous said to stumbled across Iho knot by Accident and never thought of giving it a Narno through decade of secure Wear. One morning i put my lie on inside out. I tied it and it worked that was Hosa a in a Telephone interview. The Beauty oct is the knot won t Wist to one Side or the other. A tic sets the whole theme of dress. Ii it s twisted that s Iho thing people Joseph a a custom men s Clothier in St. Paul t/inn., Learned of the knot act inc it and established the tic in with Shelby. It printed a live step diagram Lor customers seeking alternatives to the by bus Windsor knot or the tightly tapered Lour in hand the most common knot among american men. You re getting a balanced knot but it s Small and precise not big and Bulky like the said King lord Bavender an executive with Joseph m. I made up the cards because i had so Many customers ask me. Why does your tie hang so much better than mine " Bui because the Knotting begins with wrongs do out purists May not like it. It s not for everybody. You la never see one of the Kennedy wearing it Bavender said. The knot s newness apparently is legitimate. The method of creating the Shelby does t appear in getting knotted 188 knots for necks a reference guide for ties scarves scots and cravats distributed by Atli silk Mills of Como Italy and used by the neckwear association of America however it does resemble a knot called the Nicky invented by a milanese restaurateur and said to have been the favorite knot of former soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev. It s a variation of the Nicky but it was not documented anywhere i be seen said Jerry Anderson of the neckwear association who notes that 100 million ties Are sold each year in the United Stales and american men own an average of 20 lies. Personally it leaves a Little Loo soil a knot for my taste. I prefer a knot that has More body to it Anderson said. For his part Shelby is a bit red faced at All the fuss. I really think people notice the knot in your lie about As much As the knot in your shoes Shelby said. I do it because it s easy to tie. You can do it in your sleep and it puts that Little dimple in the lie automatically. Now i m known for the knot. People come up Lomo and say i. Don How Are you Nice knot you got there " Erma Bombeck it he in a great year Lor the Rich and the Ian this it the plight of Loona Helms of smacks of the Little i Polo is Marie Antoinette let pm cat not 1 and the of Pulone Mes Lyle of Jim Ancl Tain Rny Balder resurrects memories of Nicholas ii. The last rely run Czar of Russia Bui the real Shock to the Public has Boon How much Money it takes some people to buy Tho basics and try to on out a Little happiness in their drear lives thinking Back it started with Imelda Marcos who begged not be be judged until you had walked in her 4.000 pair of shoes. The world was stunned As it heard reports of her spending $4 5 million in two months $10,430 on bed sheets in one Day then were teased to tears Wilh Tho spend no habits of Tho pal bakkers who bought Homo like Boos of tissue and were known to of l a pm v. The free1 i Tol cd Niamon Rolls its or a a it Surro l g pc j a Pia of Oit Atic j just d in l to it for them. Tho needs of Johnny Carson s sex wives just to stay alive were staggering. According to Laurence learner s figures in in Book on Carson. King of the the last of Tho talk show Host received a cell Dement of nearly $22 million on the heels of these excesses came Malcolm Forbes $2 million birthday party in a tent in Morocco trashed by everyone who did t gel an invitation but look1 up in the air is it a Bird is it a piano7 Moll s in. Super audit. Ii it s been a bad year for the super Rich it s been a terrific year Lor Tho folks at the internal Revenue service they be been on the front pages More than Tonas weather for years they be stood around gambling Ca Minos chocking on people who hit a Quarter machine Lor then or no some of them stood guard at game to Nako sure someone did t gel away without declaring a 1300 ornamental Dalmatian. Their lives have picked up drama Cally. Now they re checking out the 600 Forbes belly dancers to see if they re deductible As a business expense and trying to document if Leona Holmsley listed a $32 Bug Zapper on her personal tax form or her Park Lane hotel return. Irs men have emerged As Tho heroes of the Little people protecting them from the cunning of the Rich but Don t get too earned away. Remember they re Iho same sweethearts who recently added a new Section to their manual regarding the department s policy following a nuclear attack. Ii states within 30 Days after an attack he Agency would expect to resume assessing and collecting c 1963 Ernia Jombock Page 16 the stars and stripes monday september 18.1989
