How To Find a Matching Tie For Your Suit

  • March 29, 2010
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You Will Need

  • A suit
  • A shirt
  • A tie
How To Find a Matching Tie For Your Suit: Combine patterns with solids

Step 1: Combine patterns with solids

Combine solid-colored pieces with patterned pieces. Pair pinstriped suits with plain ties or pair suits with small patterns with ties with a larger pattern.

How To Find a Matching Tie For Your Suit: Consider the shirt

Step 2: Consider the shirt

Wear plain shirts with patterned suits and ties and striped shirts with plain suits and solid color ties.

How To Find a Matching Tie For Your Suit: Know how to coordinate

Step 3: Know how to coordinate

Coordinate pale blue shirts with red, yellow, burgundy, gold, and navy ties. Wear pale pink shirts with navy and burgundy ties.

Pale men should stick with lighter colors, red-heads look best in green shades, and darker-skinned men wear bright colors well.

How To Find a Matching Tie For Your Suit: Contrast color

Step 4: Contrast color

Find a balance between contrast and clownish. Jazz up a dark blue suit and light blue shirt with an orange tie. Pair a dark blue suit and white shirt with a softer pink, light green, or pale blue tie.

If you’re looking for a challenge, wear striped shirts with color-coordinating paisley, dots, or box-patterned ties.

How To Find a Matching Tie For Your Suit: Match difficult suits

Step 5: Match difficult suits

Match checked or hound’s-tooth suits with solid-colored shirts and a coordinating patterned tie, but think twice about venturing out in a plaid suit.

Did you know? U.S. tailor Jesse Langsdorf patented the modern tie in 1924.

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