Kipper tie
A Kipper Tie is a type of necktie primarily fashionable in Britain in the mid 1960s to late 1970s. The primary characteristics of the kipper tie are its extreme breadth (normally 4.5 - 5 inches) and often garish colors and patterns.
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[edit] Design origin
British fashion designer Michael Fish designed the kipper tie in 1966 working out of his establishment in Piccadilly.[1]
[edit] 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,[2] or a sly reference to the designer, whose last name, Fish, was evocative of a kipper.[3] Perhaps the tag derives from the Spoonerisation of Piccadilly as "Kippadilly".
[edit] Alternate slang meaning
Kippertie has also been known to, as slang, refer to being shy: 'don't be a kippertie' meaning don't be shy. It has also been known to be used in jokes to refer to a 'cup of tea' in a broad Black Country accent.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Grunenberg, Christoph; and Harris, Jonathan. Summer of Love: Psychedelic Art, Social Crisis and Counterculture in the 1960s. Liverpool University Press, 2006. P. 213-214.
- ^ Schur, Norman W. English English: A Descriptive Guide. Verbatim Books, 1978. P. 136.
- ^ 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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