herringbonekid
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Fletch said:Some guys still DO wear suits to work. Said suits are in a particularly boring phase right now (look at all the black), and so are the appropriate shirts and ties. At the same time the role of the suit, coat and tie outfit has also been made narrower. It is less about elegance or style now, and more about obligation and rote behavior.
this is true to a degree. there will always be people who will just buy a cheap suit as obligatory office wear. but the suit IS having a revival right now. it isn't just style-magazine hype. there are lots of interesting suits about, in England anyway.
i don't think the crux of the article is really about wearing a tie or not wearing a tie. it's whether you look cool/sexy/stylish wearing a tie. the rest of the outfit is crucial. the tie alone is unlikely to make or break a date, but is just a part of an overall look.