For Want of a Tie

[kybearfuzz]

I have never been one for wearing a tie. I did it as far back as my days working retail in high school. Being of a heavier-set nature, shirts rarely had a neck size that fit right, and if one did the rest of the it was like a ballooning nightshirt.

The sad part is that I like the way a tie looks on a guy. It looks dressy and clean and orderly for the most part. It's one of the few accessories for men, but also is rather sad that it is essentially the staple of the male business attire. Women can get by with far more comfortable clothes and still be in the business attire realm. Men's choices are far more limited.

I'm trying to put forth a better image at work, especially in a leadership role. My goal was to wear a tie every day this month, except Fridays where dressing down is the norm. The tie and shirt I wore today (left) looked pretty good, but the shirt collar chaffed my neck where I shaved and it's sore as hell. So, no tie tomorrow or probably Thursday.

Maybe next week..

Comments

[whitmanschild.livejournal.com]

I have a similar problem with swimming around in shirts that actually fit my 18 - 18 1/2 inch neck. What I've done is to basically buy shirts that fit me and have as big a neck as possible, buy the extra-long ties, learned to tie bigger knots and leave the top button undone. Here's where I learned to tie bigger knots:

http://www.totieatie.com/

Full Windsor will give you about a 1/4 - 1/2 inch and still look like it's buttoned up. The Grantchester and Hanover will give you a 1/2 - 3/4 without looking odd. I have never been able to tie a Balthus knot and get it to look right, so I skip it.

Good luck!