5 Tips Matching Ties Shirts & Jackets Rules On Matching Clothing Suit Shirt Tie How To
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Hi!
I'm Antonio Centeno.
I'm the founder of Real Men Real Style.
Today, I'm going to be speaking with you about how to match your necktie with your dress
shirt and with a jacket.
Many of you guys out there, I know you're building a wardrobe and you're trying to make
a determination.
How do I match all of this?
How do I make it look great?
How do I get a look that looks like it's well put together, on the other hand, it's got
a bit of a casual flair to it?
Guys, we're going to talk about that and I'm going to give you five foundation rules.
These rules aren't going to be exact.
I'm not going to give you exact combinations.
Really, when it comes down to it, there are so many different ties out there, so many
different patterns of shirts, so many different types of fabrics used in sports jackets, suits
and blazers that if I try to give you an exact or put this combination together, it wouldn't
work.
Instead, I give you foundational rules that you can use in any situation to basically
solve the equation.
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The number one rule whenever you're putting all of this together is remember, you want
your tie to complement the shirt and the jacket, not the other way around.
When you're building a wardrobe, you're not going out there and selecting ties that you
like and then trying to find shirts and jackets that match them, no.
Let's start with the most expensive, the biggest investment items first, and that's going to
be usually your jackets, your suits -- this is a sports jacket, so that's why I'm referring
to it as such -- your shoes, your dress shirts.
These are the items that you're going to spend, in some cases, hundreds, if not thousands
of dollars on the suits and sports jackets and the shoes.
Shirts, anywhere from $50 to higher end ones, a couple hundred dollars, but I know a lot
of you guys out there are maybe looking at $50 to $70 for your shirts, maybe a couple
hundred dollars for the jacket or the suit jackets.
The ties, on the other hand, you can be picking those up for $10, $20, $50, $100, depending
on the quality, depending on where it's built, depending on the material that's used.
However, notice the difference in cost.
When it comes down to it, gentlemen, match your tie to the outfit.
Don’t try to match your outfit to the tie.
The key to do this is then to keep your jackets, to keep your suits very simple.
I pretty much throughout my wardrobe -- and I've got a smaller wardrobe than what a lot
of people think.
All of my jackets are pretty much solid, the ones that I wear most often.
With my shirts, I keep those pretty solid as well, although I do have a number of small,
repeating patterns.
Most of them are in blue, white.
Those are the ones I wear almost in all of my videos.
Really, when it comes down to it, having an interchangeable wardrobe is about keeping
it simple because the cool part is that yes, most of my shirts and my jackets, some people
would consider it boring or plain, but I look at ties, I look at pocket squares, I look
at my accessories as spice.
And so, this is where I get to have fun.
If you set your wardrobe upright -- and this is a very key point, which is why it's number
one -- guys, you can then bring in a wide variety of neckties.
We've talked about matching the tie to your interchangeable wardrobe.
Now, let's talk about proportion.
Proportion, this is basically the width and the length of the tie.
If I pull this tie out right here and I measure it from point to point, what I'm going to
get is about three -- just maybe 3.25 inches, maybe three and a half on this necktie.
If you're in a store and you don’t have a measuring tape with you, what you can do
is you can take out a dollar bill.
Most dollar bills are about six inches long.
Just fold it in half and that's about three inches and you can use that to give you a
rough guide.
Guys, if you start to go beyond 3.5 inches into the 3.75 to 4-inch range, really you've
gone too far.
You want to avoid that type of a necktie.
Also, if it starts getting too thin, starts going below three inches, all of a sudden,
that's getting in the skinny tie range and you want to be careful.
The reason proportion is so important is it's going to determine whether or not a necktie
is classic and whether or not it's going to look proportioned when someone looks at you.
Another thing to look at is the width of your lapels and make sure that it's approximately
the same as your necktie and that's a good way -- and why I'm always keeping things classic.
We've talked about basically proportion.
Now, let's move into pattern.
Obviously, solid necktie, pretty simple.
Now, there's a wide variety and a wide range of patterns out there, so we want to look
at dots, solids for neckties.
We want to look at small, repeating patterns.
We're going to see stripes and that's going to be thin stripes to regimental stripes to
wider stripes.
We're going to see paisleys out there.
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The key with matching patterns is that you do not have the same patterns right next to
each other.
My shirt has some stripes going down; the jacket, pretty much solid.
The tie therefore is a different color and that's why this works.
Now, I could bring in paisleys.
I could bring in dots.
I could bring actually regimental stripes.
All of those -- assuming that the color, which is the next point we'll get into -- all of
those would work with this combination.
That's again the beauty, going back to point one, of keeping your wardrobe simple and timeless.
Point number four, let's get into it, color.
There are going to be some that are easier to match.
I'm a big fan of blues, greens, purples, most of them in a cool -- basically a cool tone.
What do I mean by that?
It means it has a little bit of a shade.
Instead of it being brighter or lighter, it's going to instead be a little bit darker.
If you look at this right here, this color, I would say this is a nice royal purple and
this is going to go with a wide range.
Now, if this went with a lighter color like a lavender, once you get into lavenders, yellows,
light pinks, light greens, they become a little bit harder to match.
Now, reds, oranges, and gold, you see those a lot in neckties.
Now, those are going to draw attention.
Whenever you're using those types of neckties, make sure that you know that the purpose is
going to be to draw attention.
It's kind of like a robin who's out there on a spring day and he's got that big, orange
breastplate, which he's using to attract mates.
So you want to be thinking if you're going to be up giving a presentation, that's when
you want to draw attention to the chest, to the facial area, and you're going to want
to bring in the reds, oranges.
Don’t go too bright and try to avoid really, I would say, anything in neon.
Anything like that, again, that gets in the costume wear.
I try not to bring that into your wardrobe.
Also, we've talked about patterns, costume wear, so anything that's got a character on
it.
You maybe see those Father's Day ties out there that have a cartoon character.
Try to avoid those neckties.
I know some people get them as gifts and I used to have one with Spider-Man on it.
I love that necktie, but that is going to be very informal and it's going to draw a
lot of attention to the necktie.
I guess if that's what you want to have fun with, then go for it, but it is not a classic
formal necktie and definitely is going to maybe draw some unwanted attention to you.
We've talked about ties actually matching the outfit.
We've talked about proportion.
We've talked about pattern.
We've talked about color.
Now, let's talk about style.
So you're going to see bolo, woven, wool, silk, cotton ties, a wide variety of materials
that ties are made from.
Focus on and go with classic silk.
I think that's a great place for a man to start.
From there, you could look to maybe bringing in a woven, look to bringing in cotton, maybe
something made from wool.
Bolo, I guess if you're down in New Mexico, you can pull that off, or maybe if you're
over in West Texas, you can pull it off, but be careful with region work, cravats, ascots,
all of this other stuff that's worn here, bowties.
Bowties, I can have an entire separate section on.
I'm not saying not to wear bowties.
They're actually very useful, but I would say that once you get away from the necktie,
from the one that goes up and down, it is something that you've got to be aware of.
Is it a cultural thing?
Down in Alabama, Mississippi, bowties are much more common and something you'll see,
but you need to be aware of the message those send.
Guys, hopefully this helped and it gave you a better idea.
If you want more information, I've written an entire article in which I go into a lot
more detail, so go check that out.
It's in support of this video.
I will see you in the next one.
Take care.
Bye-bye.
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