Fashionably challenged guy needs help with tie purchase

[pofe333]

I'm going to purchase 3-4 Brooks Brothers slim ties during the Semi-Annual sale to add to the 5 ties I have now: 1 Red, 1 Gray, 2 Dark Blue, 1 Brown. I have very little style sense, so I tend to wear a lot of white and other solid color shirts. I also don't wear ties every day and I never wear suit jackets. I'd like to expand my shirt & tie options a bit, but get lost in color/pattern combinations. Can anyone help recommend some of the more versatile ties and what kind of shirts I could add to wear them with?

p.s.- I seem to be drawn to diagonal stripe ties for some reason (3 of my current 5 are), but these seem to give me the most trouble matching due to the multiple colors and I don't want to have all my ties look the same. For an idea though, I like these:

http://s7d4.scene7.com/is/image/Broo...E?$thumbnails$
http://s7d4.scene7.com/is/image/Broo...K?$thumbnails$
http://s7d4.scene7.com/is/image/Broo...Y?$thumbnails$

HELP PLEASE!!

 

[hammer07]

http://s7d4.scene7.com/is/image/Broo...K?$thumbnails$ http://s7d4.scene7.com/is/image/Broo...Y?$thumbnails$

I think these two are fairly versatile.

 

[bowtielover]

There all nice, very versatile. I would go with all of them but either way you can't go wrong.

 

[JG000]

Can't really go wrong with any of them IMO.

All of them seem like they'd work with any basic color palette. Those types of ties are harder NOT to match.

 

[pofe333]

Any recommendations for something a little bolder than white shirt/tie? Just something to get started on dressing a little more outside the box.

 

[Saltricks]

bengal stripe!