Comments on: THE TIE CLIP CONUNDRUM

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:10:37 +0000

Very Detroit 1963. Anyone for sock suspenders?

By: sticky mcbiscuit

sticky mcbiscuit — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:50:41 +0000

I recently bought two tie clips at a vintage store and found they’re handy when wearing skinny ties. Wider ties don’t need them as the top blade can easily cover the bottom blade, but this often isn’t the case with skinny ties. Plus they’re very Mad Men.

By: mark jensen

mark jensen — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:31:32 +0000

Of course tie clips or tie bars are good to wear. The under 40 crowd loves them with a skinny tie and top shirt button open. Very non-chalant classy look. Maybe with jeans, maybe a skinny suit. This crowd is discovering neckwear and accessories and using them in ways that reflect their tastes. Look at all the scarves now being used as neckwear substitutes. Men have always found ways to adorn the neck.

By: concrete matt

concrete matt — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:20:49 +0000

I give this one a yes. Tie clip is fine to wear. Also I love the link above. that is a perfect tie clip I also like that he folded his pocket square flat, the pocket square and tie clip play nicely together.

By: Beha

Beha — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:20:41 +0000

Before diving into the whole tie-clip talk, I’d like to say that I think cuff-links can be used as a great accessory, but no more than that though. It is really an example on a form-without-function-item, but I do think it can look good.

In my opinion it isn’t really possible to generalize tie-clips, by using age, as with most other items the style of the item plays a big role as well.

EG: http://www.thesartorialist.com/photos/1139TieClip6681Web.jpg

A tie-clip like this can work very well at young/younger person, maybe even better at young person than an older.

By: Mr Cheap Date

Mr Cheap Date — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:23:08 +0000

The question was indeed about tie clips. I was interested to know thoughts about one of my personal style oh nos. Another is the new suit minus tie fad. How about a forum on tie widths? Did I really say that out loud?

By: Kirk

Kirk — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:00:51 +0000

I think the question was about tie clips and not cuff links. . .

Thanks, Albert, for the photo of the 19-year-old chef who wears the clip so naturally.

Doesn’t anyone remember when Justin Timberlake donned his tie clip for the cover of GQ magazine?

Maybe a younger generation is discovering anew a practical and potentially-stylish accessory.

By: Colin Chapman

Colin Chapman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:03:40 +0000

There are plenty of shirts, even dress shirts, that do not require cufflinks, they are never a necessity if you choose the shirt carefully.

By: Albert

Albert — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:23:53 +0000

I’m not a fan of tie clips or other fussy details on a man, but I found this image of a young chef from Ontario in the Financial Times this weekend, and I think the tie clips looks really good on him. Also because it seems functional. A chef wants to look dapper in the kitchen, but he doesn’t want his tie hanging in the soup or sauce, I reckon.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2cf890c4-ca62-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html

By: george louloudis

george louloudis — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:23:17 +0000

Cufflinks are a bit of a necessity when wearing a shirt with cuffs, yes? but the choice of cufflink should be as restrained as possible, unless of course one wants to draw attention to oneself (as is usually the case when one purchases gaudy acccessories).

Removable collars, on the other hand, should never be brought back except for filming of period pieces.