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#1 2022-05-19 07:36:12
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On Wearing Or Not Wearing A Tie
Like polishing your shoes this tends, I think, to divide the sheep from the goats in English society. I admit to rarely doing it nowadays and yet, when I worked in a posh school, I wore a suit and repp tie (wingtips or loafers), only to be asked what I was dressing up for. In a posh school, mind you.
I'm sure KingstonIan said, years ago, that wearing a suit without a tie made it look as if you'd neglected to finish dressing. But appearing tieless under those circumstances probably went hand in hand for many with trying to imitate Bob Geldof.
It's my honest belief that a lot of women still appreciate a man wearing a decently cut suit and tie.
#2 2022-05-19 07:47:07
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Re: On Wearing Or Not Wearing A Tie
The knitted tie has often had the thumbs up over the years. Is it the perfect 'Ivy' tie? Smart yet raffish?
#3 2022-05-19 09:02:16
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Re: On Wearing Or Not Wearing A Tie
I haven't worn a tie, except at a funeral, for the last year. I still have a few knitted ties and also the repp ties that I consider Ivy.
Wearing a suit with a spread collar shirt and no tie looks terrible to me but a BD shirt looks good with or without a tie.
Women notice polished shoes, decent cut suits and ties. I've experienced at weddings many women are 'on heat' and a well groomed man can benefit, especially if he doesn't get rat faced and he is prepared to negotiate the dance floor.
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#4 2022-05-19 09:24:21
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Re: On Wearing Or Not Wearing A Tie
I'm constantly on the look-out for females in said condition.
Last year, at my daughter's wedding, I had to behave myself.
But I was wearing a Mercer butcher stripe BD without a tie.
#5 2022-05-19 13:52:43
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Re: On Wearing Or Not Wearing A Tie
Robbie - lounge lizard comes to mind haha,
#6 2022-05-19 15:08:46
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HaHa Stax. Lounge lizard indeed! Two of my nicknames from work colleges over the years was Foxy and Badger. I've never been able to work out what was meant by the names. Compliment or insult?
I was in Covent Garden over the weekend with an old workmate and his wife. My missus was telling them about my shoe buying obsession and my mate paid me a nice compliment about my reputation for dressing well.
'I am a closet optimist' Leonard Cohen.