Kipper tie

Kipper tie

A Kipper Tie is a type of necktie primarily fashionable in the mid 1960s to early 1970s. The primary characteristics of the kipper tie are its extreme breadth and often garish colors and patterns.

Design origin

British fashion designer Michael Fish designed the kipper tie in 1966 working out of his establishment in Piccadilly. [Grunenberg, Christoph; and Harris, Jonathan. "Summer of Love: Psychedelic Art, Social Crisis and Counterculture in the 1960s". Liverpool University Press, 2006. P. 213-214.]

Name of the tie

It has alternately been proposed that the name "kipper tie" is a reference to the extreme breadth of the tie resembling a kipper, [Schur, Norman W. "English English: A Descriptive Guide". Verbatim Books, 1978. P. 136.] or a sly reference to the designer, whose last name, Fish, was evocative of a kipper. [Breward, Christopher; Ehrman, Edwina; and Evans, Caroline. "The London Look: Fashion from Street to Catwalk". Yale University Press, 2004. P. 131.]

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