What is the Prince of Wales weave or Prince de Gales weave Creation A Prince of Wales weave or Prince de Gales or Glen plaid is a Twill weave of different colored weft and warp. It was created in the 19th century by the Newzealander countess of Seafield of the valley of Glenurquhart for dressing the game keepers of her estate. The fabric had been weaved with [...] Continue Reading
James Bond’s Grenadine Tie From all the James Bond, Sean Connery must have been the most favourable one. Grenadine ties have been a benchmark in his wardrobe. He wore them both in the movie “Dr. No” and in the movie “From Russia with Love”. In both movies Sean Connery elected to wear blue, black and brown coloured grenadine ties. […]
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What is a Madder Tie or Ancient Madder Tie? Madder ties are a phenomenon in modern mens fashion. They are considered a must have accessories for a well dress gentleman, similarly to a tweed jacket, during the autumn and winter period. The basic characteristics are the mute mat colors and their soft chalk like touch. The Science behind the fabric of a Madder Tie [...] Continue Reading
Skillful Fingers One of the major difference in our neckties is that we made them inhouse, in our work shop in Athens, Greece, using the same skill and tools that our great grandfather did over a century ago. Our seamstress hand rolls each tie in order achieve the perfectly balanced blade tips, straight hem, a good tip [...] Continue Reading
The Wedding Tie of Mr Bruno Cirillo A few seasons ago we created a black medallion silk tie. The tie had no interlining and its fabric was so crisp that its knot could stand still and proud for many hours. Whether one would try a simple four in hand knot, or a single or double dimple one, the knot stood still and [...] Continue Reading
KYDOS x Mr Daniel Blocket Mr Daniel Blocket is a Swedish diplomat and a classic menswear aficionado. He enjoys to share his clothing combinations at his blog www.diplomaticties.se with his wife – a journalist and keen photographer – who goes along with this to humur her husband. Here he is wearing a soft feeling handmade silk stripe tie cobined with one of […]
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Grenadine Ties for the First Time in Greece KYDOS introduces the world famous grenadine tie for the first time in Greece. Grenadine or Garza (Italian) is a loose jaquard weave that gives grenadine ties a light feeling like that of a gauge. Tailors have been using the grenadine since the 18th century. At present grenadine is one of the most popular fabrics for [...] Continue Reading
Learn How to fold a pocket square in Peaks In our previous video on how to fold a pocket square you learned how to fold a pocket square into a formal or office folding. It is advisable that you dont use the same way to fold a pocket square in all occasions. In this video you can see an alternative way on how to […]
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KYDOS x Mr Sfairopoulos Olympiacos BC coach Mr Sfairopoulos wore KYDOS at the recent European Final 4 and got lucky to bit raining European champions CSSK Moscow and pass to the Final. Here he is wearing one of our premium handsewn neckties. You can find this necktie here K
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How to fold a pocket square – for formal dressing One of the most powerful men’s accessories is the pocket square or pochette. A pocket square can complement with its colors, fabric and finishing your outfit and it can also set the mood you wish to exhale. One more way to set the character you wish to give to your outfit is how to fold […]
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