why do ties "look smart"?

I like ties - I think a shirt and tie looks smart.......guess it's all about taste.

Nothing better than a nice suit, shirt and silk tie. I always feel more comfortable in that than a casual outfit.
My employers demanded that I wear the suit and etc so after nearly 40 years it has become the norm for me.

akabula is smart.......'silk' tie no less (impressed).

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I like ties - I think a shirt and tie looks smart in court

I once knew a bloke who hung himself with a tie.

suits are the most uncomfortable thing u could dress in. whoever devised the suit is a class a idiot.

wearing a shirt and tie all day long in summer weather is torture.

I always feel comfortable in a suit YOMOMMA.
I guess it is what you are used to that makes the difference.
I favoured a dark coloured suit and white shirt.

As I said.....it's all about 'class'.........not surprised some people don't get that.

Because a buttoned shirt looks smarter than an unbuttoned one and and wearing a top button done without a tie makes you look like a wierdo/beast.

for me nothing classy about having to wear a stuffy suit in hot weather. manageable at other times.

hot weather? where do you live?

You can get suits made of a light material YOMOMMA.
A mohair suit for instance is very light. Not as if we get fantastically long or hot summers is it?

I've worn ties pretty much all my working life. You can tell a lot about someones dress sense. That and their shoes and handshake. A wibbly wobbly handshake is a complete non runner, for me.

i hate having to shake peoples' hands, most folk don't wash them after going to the toilet.

i hate lots of things but such is life i suppose.

Black highly polished shoes for me Slippy.
Occasionally wore other colours when wearing different coloured suits but always felt better with black suit and black shoes for some reason.
Could never be scuffed or worn down.

YOMAMMA - have to agree with that one...most people pull/press the flush before they wash their hands anyway.....lost cause really.

yes they should learn some hygiene. i'm calling it a day, bye.

Brogues for me akabula, old school here. Who doesn't wash their hands after going to the toilet?

funerals and weddings garb for most

.......and respectable, class garb for some. (dyng breed - admitted)

and interviews

the one thing i can tell about someone who wears a suit and a tie is, they have a boss.

..and respectable, class garb for some. (dyng breed - admitted)


do you wear a suit?

...or .....they are the boss

Nothing says class so much as a cravat, monocle, pink silk handkerchief and of course spats.

Nothing says class so much as a cravat, monocle, pink silk handkerchief and of course spats

thats very true.


I'm actually wearing all that gear now

Ah yes but there are many imitators around. Are you the real deal? Do you also possess the rear cut out chaps with red rose hanging seductively from your bum cheeks?

You either have it or you don't.

Well sir. Do you?

Used to love ultra-thin straight raw silk ties in the 80's.

You don't get straight ties now.

I haven't worn a tie since school , and that was cut to the minimum

Kipper ties Who thought them up.

No , i used to do mine up backwards , with the tiny end just showing

I did wear a shirt to a funeral once , open collar with no tie

i havent wore a tie in about 20 years. never wore a suit in my life.

its all about perceptions, when people in suits look at me they no doubt think im poor and uneducated. when i look at them, i think they look soulless and stuck in a dead end job. i think of reggie perrin. not saying im right, im probably not. but i dont see it as aspirational, quite the opposite.

yeah i went to a funeral of a relative. first time id wore trousers as opposed to jeans in about 5 years. no tie or jacket though. probably wouldnt bother going to another one, im atheist and the whole thing seems utterly pointless to me.

No Bob. It's all about choice. When I go somewhere like a nice restaurant or the casino I like to dress up.

I do think it looks smart tbh
I can scrub up quite cool if needed to , but i have no need to
I bought a pack of 3 x plain white T-shirts recently , best recent purchase i've made , look really clean now with my jogging bottoms

hardly ever see piers linney wear a tie or a jacket, does he not look smart? i think he looks smarter than he would with a tie. it looks more dynamic and modern to me.

lol ya taking the casual look a bit too far for me! i dont own any plain t shirts or jogging bottoms.

Turn up in the dock wearing a t-shirt,jeans,trainers, and unshaved. 

Next bloke is up for the same thing, but he's clean shaven, and got a suit, tie and polished shoes. 

Who do you think is going to fare best?

I do sit all my waking hours on a Pc though bob

I've actually had the jogging bottoms over a year & never worn them , but got out the bath other week & popped them on & they're extremely comfy , though would never be seen dead outside wearing them

CMAT

You would be surprised

Who looks most worried

I'd never ever wear a suit to court

unless i was a serious fraudster

lol its ok, i have house (or flat) clothes too.

i once got told i looked scruffy for posting a photo of myself in a baggy old football top. christ i only wear the thing indoors. who wants to wear their best clothes lounging around on the sofa? i pretty much never even put any clothes on indoors cept underpants and one of several baggy old tops.

speaking of which, do footballers look smart in suits? always look well dodgy to me! like pimps or drug dealers

Football tops are the worst thing you can possibly wear imo

They have the money so should look smart , some do very well , but some just look complete chavs , Rooney springs to mind

i think footballers tend to get suits one size too small. it shows off their muscles better and attracts attention towards that, just in case you make the mistake of thinking they have something interesting to say.

i actually meant american football. sorry for the confusion. i have a load of old american football tops. the great big baggy ones. never wear em outside, theyre falling apart.

American football tops are cool imo

though i don't own any as my muscles seem to have disintegrated somewhat , girls seem to love wearing them too , which looks very cool

mine arent cool, all the numbers have fallen off. well, actually ive pulled em off. they were fraying a bit in the washer so i pulled the lot off. all that remains is the outline of a number! bloody comfy though.

White T- shirts *Nap*

white t-shirt and ties are smart?

I thought you bought some expensive ones from the U.S , or they were the ones

it'd probably win big brother , erse

i love my t-shirts , have a whole rack , but have given up trying to buy more cool ones for £25 time , just to doss around in , no logos etc required

ive bought loads over the years. these are two i got on ebay years ago. the numbers are sewn on, so now theyve fallen off the outline if the stitching is all that remains. i got 2 from america that were expensive but just replicas, ie they had iron on numbers. one of em is ruined cos i got paint all over it, the other is still ok but cant really wear it lounging around or the iron on numbers and that start flaking off. had that before. ive bought a new one from america but i dont like it. still got the tags on incase i put it on ebay.

yep the trouble is the iron on numbers etc , they don't last as long as the actual top would , so only worth wearing to go out in really

the majority of american football shirts or jerseys as they call em that you see are replicas with the iron on names and numbers. i dont think shops (even online ones) here are allowed to sell any other, they dont have a license for it. it all starts flaking off if you lie around in them. i learned that from wearing one in bed! they look terrible real quickly!

Yep
I had one when younger but was an official NFL product & lasted for years
Clothes were better made back then imo
Remember i had a Jordan T-shirt black with red sewn logo , it was the thickest t-shirt i'd ever worn , could wear it in winter & still feel ok , lasted me about 10 years

I used to pay top dollar when i went through my going out drinking , drugs etc phase

La coste sweaters for £140

to think of it makes me feel ill , though i only lose £140 on a bet now

good cool clothes are everywhere nowadays , i love my nike combats that i paid £17.99 for

doesn't matter to me they are Nike , but they're an absolute bargain for the price

the replicas are official nfl ones, but they make better and more expensive ones that they dont license over here. they have 3 types, the most expensive ones are effing stupid! about 300 dollars. when you add in about 60 dollars postage its getting proper silly. looking at over 200 quid for a top.

if yours was a replica they must have been better quality back then i guess. i think back then they only made 1 type of shirt instead of the 3 they do now. only guessing though, not got a scooby tbh!

200 is a lot for a top , i'd probably just frame it instead

you could probably get a matchworn one signed by a legend of the game for not much more.
thats the crazy thing about it.

never bought one of those, the most ive paid is about £120 i think. apart from those i think the most ive ever paid for any clothes is my trainers that cost £110. i wanted some comfy trainers to walk in that looked a bit different to what everybody else wears, and they were the only ones i could find. theyre falling apart and im really struggling to find any i like now. most comfy cushioned trainers dont really go with my image. white trainers with dark jeans looks all kindsa wrong. but converse and vans are horrible to walk long distances in. stupid fashion.

haha i feel ya mate , it's tough as you get a bit older ain't it

I've got a Hugo Boss hoodie (very smart-embroidered-not the chav type) has £130 on the tag but have never worn it - still has all the labels on in my wardrobe

I used to wear white trainers & jeans in my 20's & was cool at the time , but now everything i wear is more colour co-ordinated , cream , brown , khaki coloured i favour instead

Feeling comfortable is the hardest & most important thing i find

I have tons of t-shirts but really don't like th thick type any longer , nice thin cotton is so much more comfortable to wear !

I hate wearing a tie, HATE IT !!

Anybody who pays for 'logo stuff' needs his head examined.

My grandad told me many years ago that there is only one item of clothing that it's worth paying good money for - shoes.

I've never been a follower of fashion, I didn't need to be, I have a personality, and when I was younger I could talk to the laydeez.

I'm not a walking advert for clothes labels, like today's younger generations.

As per Emden's intimation above,apart from my elder daughter's graduation,the only time that I've worn a suit and tie in the last 14 years has been at weddings and funerals.On occasions,I've had difficulty in remembering how to do up the bloody thing.

The said daughter is getting married in a castle in Edinburgh at the end of December.Maybe I should start practising,or just buy one of the clip on ones to be on the safe side.

I hate ties,and wore my orange sticker with pride at Ascot on that PR disaster day.

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