Perplexing.  I have, and always have had more crewnecks than v-necks.  Can't fathom any particular reason why other than that they're more widely available.  Crewneck is a marginal bit more practical for actually staying warm, v-neck a bit dandier with tie or open collar.

I remember a picture of my Dad and friends in college.  Very low-key Ivy style.  Either grey or tan trou on everyone, OCBD's and sweaters, most V-neck.  Must have been more popular in the late 60s.  Cheap cans of beer in everyone's hand.

Hardy Amis couldn't see the point of the V neck I believe.

Not sure if that helps though.

Very rarely wear a crew. Prefer a tank top over a shirt.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

If wearing a shirt, then v-neck. With a T-shirt, then crew (sweatshirt, Guernsey). I think crewnecks look smarter with a higher, narrower neckline anyhow.

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Hmmmmmm -

The Highgate tie?

Not a Hampstead tie?

Not a Hendon tie?

Our 'Godfather' likes the old basic stripes in basic colours, but I wonder how much he knows about the ties he picks...

Highgate?

It was Ampleforth or something the other day wasn't it?

No snark, but... Hmmmmm?

J.

I saw that Highgate thread . Saddo that I am, I googled Highgate school - but none of the pupils seem to be wearing that particular stripe.

Barry Norman was at Highgate school and Charles Clarke.

I had a look at some other public schools though not to check their ties. There used to be a shop in Cheapside that had all the old school and regimental ties. It is now a mobile phone shop.

When I was an undergrad, working at the old GU Shop, we carried nearly every stripe in Robert Talbott's line of repp ties.  I remember that stripe well and I seem to remember that the label did, indeed, identify the stripe as "Highgate School."  (All the repps and regimentals had little labels identifying where the stripes came from.)  In Harris's defense, he might have gotten his info from that little label.

HL

This is one of those those cultural things where we are not on the same page.  In the UK a rep tie is a badge of belonging to some group.  In the US, it's a tie with stripes.  I don't care about the direction of the stripes.  Who can remember which is which?

When I travel to the UK (which isn't often, granted), I make sure I leave the stripey ties at home lest I be punched in the nose for impersonating a member of the Old Corwellian Cricket Society or somesuch.

Flounder