Tying The Knot

In a world where ties are seen as a nuece on the working man or a tie to the corporate machine. What if they didn’t have to be? What if they were something that is an effective way to add character to an ensemble or a functional piece of your wardrobe? There is space to be elegant and relevant.

When the idea of a tie being functional comes to the table many will scoff but let’s take a look at it. When wearing a button up shirt with a collar as one would with suit or even a sport coat there is a line of buttons that signal a functional and utilitarian need to get the shirt on and have it close. Even in the case of a French placket there is that unsightly line of buttons, disrupting the meticulously curated lines and well finished seams of the rest of the ensemble.  A tie adds a level of finish to the operation. With the addition of a tie there is a covering to the utilitarian and necessary interworking of a button down shirt much like a car having a hood or a watch having a case back.

              In concert with the tie essentially finishing the top half of an ensemble there is the ability to inject a measure of personality as well as occasion into an otherwise initially less than memorable situation. A knit green wool tie added to a single navy worsted wool suit with a fairly basic white shirt and a pair of loafers is a completely different look than a baby blue silk printed Hermès tie with a micro pattern with that same suit and same loafers.

              The tie can be a bow on top of the package that is you or the cherry on top of what you have put together. Either way the tie is a piece to be considered