Recently, we’ve been seeing more and more images in the media showing celebrities and politicians appearing on our television screens without the all too familiar tie. For this reason, we’re going to spend time talking about this newly arising phenomenon to address your questions about how to pull off this look properly.
Let’s Take a look at President Barack O’Bama without a tie:
Pulling off this look is actually not too difficult. Here are some tips:
1)Make sure your shirt collar is stiff – starching that collar would be a good idea. In other words, your collar should stand up proud without the supporting clutches of a neck-tie.
2) Make sure that the shirt is well-tailored such that it doesn’t hang off your body and doesn’t look like it’s two sizes too big.
3) This one may seem obvious, but under no circumstances should you button up the top-most button of your shirt when you’re not showing off a tie.
4) Confidence… an essential part of any look.
Tommy
February 13, 2010
8:59 pm
FYI, If you haven’t sceen it yet, Nordstrom carries a magnetic collar stay. This helps you shirt collar stay straight and stiff. works great check it out.
Mike
May 7, 2010
6:17 pm
Why would you need a magnetic stay? That’s ridiculous, there is nothing to magnetize it to! A proper stay that’s going to be extremely rigid is usually brass. If that’s too expensive, plastic stays work fine 90% of the time. Don’t waste your money on a magnetic stay.