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Yeah I'm saying that, starting from the bottom of the bar, on the left side, the tape should go anticlockwise at first, then reverse direction (i.e. wrap clockwise, or "towards you") once you go past the brake lever. The reason is that in the drops your hands tend to rotate towards the outside, while on the tops they tend to rotate towards you.
If you've never had it unwrap the way you do it all is good, but I'm stating what's usually considered the canonical (i.e. posh) way to do it, as this seems to be the spirit of this thread ;)
Veblen
I guess it depends how you define 'direction'.
I start by going 'from the inside, over the top to the outside' ie anticlockwise on the left, clockwise on the right, which is (I think) generally regarded as the way to do it to avoid it unwrapping as you ride. It certainly works for me.
With tape like the Cinelli stuff that has 'directional' branding I'll have to find the right end of each roll to start from to make sure the branding is visible and wrapping my way keeps it visible up top and I've never had any problems with it unwrapping or loosening going 'up at the back, over the top and to the front' on the tops.
You're suggesting the tops should really go 'up at the front, over the top and to the back'?