Rate My Ties

[JapanAlex01]

Originally Posted by Leverandon

Thanks for the feedback. I hadn't really thought that much about how skin-tone/hair color affect choice of tie. I'm a white guy with fairly medium-tan skin and brown hair on the lighter side.
No problem! If I could see a picture of you (u la la!) then I could make a more informed decision, but blues would probably suit you as would reds. If you have more tanned than white skin, I would suggest staying away from washed out, pastelish colours as these may not blend well and look pukish?!

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[harpsers]

I would not wear any of the middle row at a conservative firm but would wear all of rows one and three (maybe saving the sailboats and fleur de lis for fridays). Not commenting on style here, just appropriateness.

 

[GoldenTribe]

Originally Posted by porcelain monkey

They're all good enough. Ties are a personal thing. I like some of yours not at all, and some quite a lot, but that is personal. Many people will like the purple grenadine. I have a pretty strong bias against purple ties and would never wear one, but that's my problem not yours. I'm curious about the back bench. Did you choose them just because they are cheaper than the others? If so, I would rethink that. Most of those would go fine with a conservative suit and I'd be shocked of anyone in your office called you out for wearing a J. Crew tie.

+1 on most of this.

I don't think you'd have any trouble with any of the ties below, and personally I quite like the blue geometric one from your front-bench group but I might not wear it to work at a law firm.

 

[Gus]

Tie patterns are an easy way to look dated. Sometimes it is obvious and sometimes it just makes an outfit look "off". There are such a thing as classics (rep ties for example or silk knits) but patterns and colors run in trends.

First group- 1,2,3 (4, 5, 6, look like 90's era) (But if you are French or live in N.O. then wear number 6)
Second row- 1, 3 (6 looks like the 70's Robert Talbot for seniors, 2 & 4 90's)
Row 3- 1, 2, 4, 5 (3 70's-80's, 6 80's power tie wanna-be, 7 Armani 80's-90's wanna-be)\\\\

 

[Leverandon]

Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy

Tie patterns are an easy way to look dated. Sometimes it is obvious and sometimes it just makes an outfit look "off". There are such a thing as classics (rep ties for example or silk knits) but patterns and colors run in trends.

First group- 1,2,3 (4, 5, 6, look like 90's era) (But if you are French or live in N.O. then wear number 6)
Second row- 1, 3 (6 looks like the 70's Robert Talbot for seniors, 2 & 4 90's)
Row 3- 1, 2, 4, 5 (3 70's-80's, 6 80's power tie wanna-be, 7 Armani 80's-90's wanna-be)\\\\

Interesting take on patterns and how they reflect dated eras. Its also interesting how none of those ties are older than maybe 2005 but its a good point on how they can look older.

 

[AlexE]

At work:
front row: 1 3
middle row: 1 and maybe 3, 4
back row: 1, 2, 6 and maybe 5

No need to trash anything.

 

[Don Carlos]

Based on OP, left to right:

FRONT BENCH: maybe, keep, keep, maybe, maybe, keep
MID BENCH: toss, toss, keep, toss, keep
BACK BENCH: toss, toss, keep, toss, maybe, toss, toss

 

[Sotiris]

First row: keep 1, 2, 3 - toss the rest
Second row: keep 1, toss the rest
Third row: keep 1, 2, 4, toss the rest