http://manzine.org/2009/07/23/the-why-of-the-tie/ Lifestyle magazine for men by men. Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:14:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://manzine.org/2009/07/23/the-why-of-the-tie/#comment-143 dubliner Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:56:51 +0000 http://manzine.org/?p=308#comment-143 Ties are great!  They're one of the only ways men can *really* make their wardrobe individual, and avoid looking like some drunken grunge college kid that just rolled out of his lonely bed.  I used to dislike ties, then I became a consultant and had to wear suits and ties all the time - what a revelation! There are three reasons this turned out to be great:  I never have to worry if what I'm wearing will look sharp (if you have no style, enlist a classy female friend - avoid fashion advice from other men and NEVER take the advice of a gay guy, unless you want to attract gays),  I know I'm always going to look as good or better than whoever I'm meeting/working with, and last, and perhaps most important, ZZ Top was right, "every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed man!" Oh, and if you can't breathe and you head looks like it was squeezed out of a toothpaste tube - that means your collar is definitely too tight.  Get measured properly - you want room to put just an index finger between collar and neck.  Also, remember that properly laundry-boiled-and-starched 100% cotton dress shirts *will* eventually shrink, even if your neck isn't getting fatter with the rest of you.  Replace your dress shirts when they start to get too tight, or buy them a half-inch larger in the collar to start with (NEVER any more than that). Oh, and did I mention that really hot women (like my smokin'-hot red-headed wife) love guys in suits and ties? Ties are great!  They’re one of the only ways men can *really* make their wardrobe individual, and avoid looking like some drunken grunge college kid that just rolled out of his lonely bed.  I used to dislike ties, then I became a consultant and had to wear suits and ties all the time – what a revelation!
There are three reasons this turned out to be great:  I never have to worry if what I’m wearing will look sharp (if you have no style, enlist a classy female friend – avoid fashion advice from other men and NEVER take the advice of a gay guy, unless you want to attract gays),  I know I’m always going to look as good or better than whoever I’m meeting/working with, and last, and perhaps most important, ZZ Top was right, “every girl’s crazy ’bout a sharp-dressed man!”
Oh, and if you can’t breathe and you head looks like it was squeezed out of a toothpaste tube – that means your collar is definitely too tight.  Get measured properly – you want room to put just an index finger between collar and neck.  Also, remember that properly laundry-boiled-and-starched 100% cotton dress shirts *will* eventually shrink, even if your neck isn’t getting fatter with the rest of you.  Replace your dress shirts when they start to get too tight, or buy them a half-inch larger in the collar to start with (NEVER any more than that).
Oh, and did I mention that really hot women (like my smokin’-hot red-headed wife) love guys in suits and ties?

]]> http://manzine.org/2009/07/23/the-why-of-the-tie/#comment-124 Redman Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:41:30 +0000 http://manzine.org/?p=308#comment-124 Neckties serve to elongate the body, thus reinforcing the idea that the wearer is a male. Neckties serve to elongate the body, thus reinforcing the idea that the wearer is a male.

]]> http://manzine.org/2009/07/23/the-why-of-the-tie/#comment-94 punditius Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:30:32 +0000 http://manzine.org/?p=308#comment-94 Women like men in ties, and there's an end on it. Women like men in ties, and there’s an end on it.

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