The basic men's wardrobe necessarily includes at least two or three elegant business suits. The main rule when buying a classic men's two or three is to choose high-quality, well-tailored items made from natural fabrics. But even a perfectly fitted suit can be ruined by an inappropriate tie or shirt. Poor colors and mismatched patterns turn a laconic and elegant look into a parody.
How to choose the right tie for a suit? In fact, this is a real science, in which there are a lot of rules, requirements and various pitfalls, and not everyone can master it, and not everyone needs it. For most men, it is enough that a suit looks organic with a tie, and both of these items are combined with a shirt. And this effect is very easy to achieve if you follow a few important and simple rules.
Types and features
There are several types of men's ties, but today we are only interested in classic models, namely:
- Regular. Universal accessory 7 - 9 cm wide, medium length. Available in any color scheme.
- Regatta. It differs from the classic model by the presence of a ready-made knot and a special fastener (elastic band). Often a part of the uniform due to the fact that it can be put on quickly.
- Windsor. Wider and longer than usual. This model got its name due to the way the knot is tied.
- Butterfly and a more simplified model - a bow. Initially, this accessory was part of a military uniform, then they began to wear it at ceremonial events (this tradition is still observed today), but it can also be found as an element of the dress code for service personnel. In modern fashion, a bow tie is often combined with a shirt and jeans.
Selecting a color combination
How to choose the color of a tie for a suit? This is quite simple to do if you know the basic rules for choosing color combinations. But at the same time, we must not forget about the shirt: it is best to get all three items and see how they will harmonize with each other. For someone, a simple visual control will be enough to reveal a clear dissonance and replace one of the things. For the rest, you can use the color wheel, which will suggest successful combinations of shades.
Colors located on opposite sectors of the disk are contrasting.
Next door - related or similar.
Colors at a 120⁰ angle will blend well together. These are traditional, oftencombinations used.
Black, white and gray are versatile colors and work well with each other and with other shades of the palette.
Suit and tie
The main colors of the costumes have long been settled. And if there are no more than three of them in the men's wardrobe, then most likely they will be black, gray or blue. You can also often find brown or beige. How to match a tie to such classic colors? It's not hard at all.
- Black suit. Solemn and elegant, with a good cut slimming, and ideal for special occasions. It is preferable to choose the same discreet and stylish tie for him - black, black with silver, burgundy, gray, pearl, cherry. Avoid bright colors and fun patterns.
- Gray. The most calm and neutral color. This costume can be worn for any occasion. This color is suitable for different colors and patterns. You just need to make sure that the accessory itself looks stylish, without lurid prints and crazy acid paints.
- Blue. Good and calm color. But such costumes require perfect tailoring and attention to detail. How to choose a tie for a blue suit? A cherry, burgundy, blue or gray tie is perfect for him.
- Brown. A suit of this color can look very good (dark shades) or gaudy (some light shades of brown). To this outfit, you need to choose a cherry, brown or burgundy tie.
- Sand-colored suit is a summer optionmale business style. A light brown, cherry and burgundy neck accessory goes well with it.
So, as you can see, the color of the tie either matches the suit (related tones), or neutral (all shades of gray), or versatile (burgundy and cherry). It may seem too boring to some, but in fact, these are the perfect color combinations for an elegant and stylish business look.
Shirt and tie
Now let's take a closer look at how to match a tie to a shirt. To do this, you need to remember a few rules:
- The tie is always (almost always) darker than the shirt.
- If the color of the shirt and tie are related (similar tones), then the neck accessory should be lighter.
- To create a contrasting effect, the color of the tie should be lighter than the shirt by 1-2 tones.
- Red tie and white shirt - a classic color combination. Emphasizes the authority of a man, and creates an imperious strict image.
- The gray neck accessory can be combined with any shirt. But the most stylish combinations will be with a pink, salmon or lilac shirt. If you need to look interesting, but it is difficult to come up with something more original, then use this option.
- Green tie looks good in combination with a white shirt, or light green and pale blue. On shirts, the same pattern as on the accessory is acceptable.
- The yellow color of the tie harmonizes perfectly with a white, blue or light blue shirt.
How to match a tie with a short sleeve shirt? Here you need to understand that this is a summer option, and it does not imply the presence of a jacket. In this case, the contrast between the shirt and the accessory should be noticeable, and the color combinations should be bolder.
Print mix
How to choose the color of a tie for a suit, and a shirt for a tie, have already been found out. But we only talked about flowers. And when patterns and prints appear, everything becomes much more complicated.
One-color suits, combined with the same tie and shirt, even if they are perfectly matched in color, can not always be worn. It is rather an outfit for a festive evening, a celebration or an important business meeting. But in everyday business style, a variety of prints are often found, and they also need to be able to be combined. To do this, we adhere to the following rules:
- One of the colors on the tie should match the color of the shirt. Ideally, the tones should match.
- It is necessary to follow the proportions of different patterns in clothes. It is best to use a 2 + 1 scheme (two plain items, one with a pattern), or 1 + 2 (one plain item, two others with a different print).
- When combining several checkered patterns, remember that on a shirt the pattern should be the smallest, on a tie - larger, and on a jacket - even more.
- When choosing things with stripes, remember that contrasting combinations will be the most successful.
- When combining a striped tie and shirt, you must also ensure that the stripes onaccessory were of a different width.
- A pinstriped shirt goes well with a tie with polka dots or an abstract geometric pattern.
- The handkerchief in your breast pocket should match the color of one of the items.
Shirt, suit and tie: basic rules for combining
So, now let's try to connect all three items together. How to match a tie to a suit and shirt so that everything looks harmonious and goes well with each other?
You need to start choosing things with a suit, then choose a suitable shirt for it. And last but not least, a tie is selected. A man can have no more than 2-3 suits in his wardrobe, but there should be a lot of shirts and ties.
One of the most unfortunate images is a monochrome style, when the jacket, shirt and neck accessory are made in the same tone. It is also considered bad taste to choose a tie and shirt of the same color.
It is better not to combine a shirt and a neck accessory with a similar pattern with a striped jacket. Few people manage to make it look stylish, and not vulgar and old-fashioned.
Stripes and checks rarely go well together. But if you combine them, then you need to remember the scale and combine patterns only of different sizes. For example, a small cell and a large strip are good. Otherwise, it is also an acceptable option. But a large cell and a large strip are bad.
Also, the image should not have more than three active colors.
Bow tie
AlsoI would like to dwell on the butterfly in more detail. How to choose a tie of this shape for a suit and shirt? Everything is simple here - they are subject to all the same rules for a combination of colors and patterns as for classic models. The only thing that can be added is that plain (white, black, blue and red) butterflies are worn for special occasions. Whereas butterflies with bright patterns, plaid or stripes look good as part of a casual look in the company of a solid blue suit.
They also go great with a white shirt and jeans.
How to choose the right tie for women's outfit
Women borrowed pants and shirts from men first, then it came to suits and ties. And today, beautiful ladies wear slightly modified classic models, and butterflies, and neckerchiefs, and narrow ribbon ties, and many more different variations. And the beauty is that for women's fashion, all boundaries and conditional rules do not exist. And girls can wear this accessory any way, with anything and in any color combinations that men cannot.
Good looks
So, if you are still in doubt about which ties to match your shirt and suit, here are some ready-made classic looks:
- Grey blazer with a white shirt with pale blue stripes and a deep blue tie with black narrow stripes.
- Brown solid color suit with pink shirt and pink striped brown tie.
- Black suit with white shirt and red tie - allplain.
- Navy plaid suit, white shirt and brown tie.
- Brown plaid suit, white and blue check shirt, blue tie with dark green stripe.
There are actually a great many combinations, and even if all the above rules and restrictions are observed, you can choose a combination of a suit, shirt and tie that will not only meet all the requirements of style and business etiquette, but also please you personally.
