Striped/Patterned Shirts & Ties for the office

[EddyTeach]

Manly style advice time.


All of my work shirts are solid colors-- the classics: white, blue, green, gray, yellow, etc. I want to start incorporating more patterned and striped shirts into my wardrobe, but I want to keep it professional and I want to know how to match ties to them.


Anyone have good pictures, references on how to match ties to striped shirts?

[Frank]

Here's a good article on pattern mixing for shirt and ties. http://atailoredsuit.com/how-to-match-tie.html

[Albert]

A few blog posts here that will hopefully inspire you!


http://www.thestyleblogger.com/fitting-in-while-standing-out-corporate-style-with-gabe-schulman/


http://www.thestyleblogger.com/dressing-your-body-type-%E2%80%93-tips-for-shorter-guys-featuring-adam-lampell/


http://www.thestyleblogger.com/business-casual-featuring-marwan-helal/


Hope they help!

[MaxMan]

Really simple once you get the concept down, patterns are all about scale, you can wear a gingham shirt as long as the plaid, tartan, madras, tie you wear isnt the same scale ( like if you looked at the tie and shirt you wouldnt really notice a difference). Strong advice, start with the patterned shirt first and experiment with color blalancing, shirt and tie combo. I use the wifes color wheel wvwery now and then, anagolous colors are great when you dont want a monchromatic look. Once you got the color down, then move to the patterns...Your life will be alot easier...