Stripes

[TriSlim]

I have a mild eBay idée fixe for cheap semi-ugly ties. In the right crowd, they can make a good conversation piece. I think it also takes a bit of confidence (and maybe a touch of brassiness) to make an ugly tie work. Lastly, lady friends occasionally get frustrated with my ugly and/or old man ties.

I am not very good at matching shirts and ties. I typically stick with knowns such as solid colored shirts when wearing printed ties. Years ago, I used to go with printed shirts and a solid tie. I am trying to jazz up the shirt and tie combo.

Can I pair my latest edition with a striped shirt?

TriSlim

 

[mheusler]

I don't know brother, that kind of looks like one of those Magic Eye drawings to me. You might want to match that tie with something a little bit less bold.

Max

 

[Doc4]

Not a combo I'd go for.

Okay, I probably wouldn't want to own either piece at all, but ... you already know that your taste in ties is ... um ... individualistic, as it were, and needs a certain aplomb to pull off. (Hey, go for it, dude, just now with that combo.)

See how the stripes on the tie are basically the same size as the stripes on the shirt? They need to be noticeably different in scale. I also wouldn't have the same basic (and loud) colour scheme appear in both tie and shirt ... I'd look for complimentary ones instead.

I'm thinking that a white shirt with blue stripes ... darker blue, probably, and thinner stripes ... would work much better.

If you get a shirt with the stripes thin enough and close enough together, from a moderate distance the shirt can look like a "solid" pastel colour, drawing more attention to your tie.

... in the shirt you picked out, the tie is "hiding in plain sight" as the shirt is just as loud.

 

[Cuttingboard]

In this case, two negatives don't make a positive.

 

[TriSlim]

The color of the shirt is off in the pic (or at least it is on my computer). I am going to pass on the above combo. In hindsight, that shirt wasn't the wisest purchase. It is just a tad to loud for me. It looked decent in the store, but not so much in my closet where it spends its time.

I have a light pinstriped shirt to go with the tie. The problem with this light pinstriped shirt is a size 15 neck. It is a tad too small for me.

Thanks for not completely trashing my fugly tie!

TriSlim

 

[StillShaving]

I don't see it as being wrong for all situations. Could be a combo to wear when looking for an adventure or to get a creative spark. But not as conservative attire.

 

[cb91710]

I'd wear it... black slacks and jacket though.
I'd be afraid of tan/tweed clashing or being too brown.

 

[rushchairman]

not only should this be worn with a striped shirt, but with a striped hat, striped boots and striped sunglasses

 

[LarryDarrell]

A bit too matchy-matchy for me. Try contrasting busy/quiet and complementary colours.
Plain blue shirt, maybe with white collar and cuffs would suit your taste.
I completely agree with Doc's suggestion of the subtle blue stripe.

 

[The Knize]

Actually, I think the rule about changing up the sizes of stripes in followed in the photo. The whole thing is just way too busy.

I would go very plain with a shirt for the tie. White or maybe blue or biege. Pick up a color or two from the tie in a suit fabric or a pocket square, or maybe even socks. It is not going to be a tie I like no matter what, I am afraid.

If I were going to wear the shirt with a tie, maybe a thick wool or knit tie in dark green.

Part of the difficulty is that these are not typical traditional business wear colors, so wearing either one sort of calls out for attention. Wearing both together not only does not provide enough contrast in color and business, by nature it calls too much attention.

Just my 2 cents. If you like the tie and the shirt, you can make them work with other clothing.

 

[greenie]

I like diagonal stripes on ties, but I'm quite picky with those, too. Regarding shirts, I have one summer shirt with vertical thin grey lines and one black suit with... well, not actually lines, but a texture, which brings up vertical stripes. Other than that, I'll let my Lucky Tiger to keep the rest of them. At least, for now, since I've just not found a way to make them work.

Regarding OP's new purchase, if you like it - go for it. To me, it doesn't look so good. Maybe if you have enough bravado and/or a mustache to support it, but somehow I just think of Fast Show and Colin Hunt with that combination.

Link to Colin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rj1SFtxRTg

 

[Doc4]

If nothing else, your photo is a great example of where the end of a tie should end up once tied.

Actually, I think the rule about changing up the sizes of stripes in followed in the photo.

Here's what I was thinking about on that point ... if you see that each strip in the tie consists of two black stripes, and then an orange stripe a little farther away. If you look at the shirt, it's a repeating pattern of two black stripes, then a space (light orange) and then a broad orange stripe with a black stripe edge.

The double black stripes on the tie are virtually the same as the double black stripes on the shirt, and the orange stripe (both in terms of width, and in terms of distance from the two black lines) is virtually the same on both the tie and the shirt.

Thanks for not completely trashing my fugly tie!

TriSlim

1972 called, it wants its ... ah, you know the drill.

 

[dannymayo]

It's not my style but I actually think it works.