Hep - most of their ties are quite discreet, unless you go for the woven ones with the "H" pattern.

To pull of the H look, best avoid all "Wolf of Wall street" things, so not DB suits, contrast collars, slicked back hair etc.  Chunky shoes, boxy suits, stiff shirts - wont work.

I wear them with slightly wrinkled SB RTW suits in navy or medium grey (Cordings), H&K shirts without collar stays, a nicely aged Rolex or PP and C&Js on handgrade lasts.

Think slightly smug under-secretary on expat assignment in Geneva. Then you get the idea.

Quality bump.

Perhaps this is the right stage in this topic to bring up my adventures of watching Californication?

Interesting wardrobe or lack there of, no ties, indeed, our hero protaganist likes nothing better than to sport a t-shirt. I have to watch it in small doses, in case the missus or kids walk in. A strange morality tale, I am just up to the part in the second series when Hank Moody gets the all clear that he hasn't got testicle cancer, only syphilis. Phew! And as he turns to his on-off girlfriend played by the gorgeous Natasha McElhone, she takes a sigh of relief when she is told she better get herself to the doctor for a dose of antibiotics quick before the first stages of brain syphilis kicks in. Can you imagine such a response on hearing that news?

Anyway, Hank Moody seems a fantasy everyman figure: a man who doesn't bother with his appearance and remains irresistable to all women he comes across. It's like he is the ultimate coach potato or that he represents the arrival of that kid in the sixth form who was still listening to 70s rock and sporting flares when everyone else had moved on into 1985 and beyond. I can't decide if I hate the series, or like it, but it does seems to send out conflicting messages.

And Benson & Clegg - a shop that reminds me of Britain in the 1970ies, no no no, wrong on all counts.

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Madder is great for darker rich colors. Definitely not for brightness.