To Tie or not to Tie.
The Tie Debate.
The tie. Its origins come from the about 15th century but probably goes back very much further in one form or another as a tie, bow, scarf or cravat etc and over time it has change to become the finishing touch of the modern shirt. It is possibly the only apparel vehicle that men have, allowing them to express a sense of dress appearance in so far that most suits worn by men in the civil / commercial arenas are functional and somewhat bland compare to the female choice of dress. That ties are not general worn as works wear by the ‘blue collar’ workers is due to it being a possible handicap or nuisance not to say a bit poofy.
To wear one or not may depend on the work or the social context one is engaged in. It does seem to display a certain amount of profession status and marks one, as not being in the blue-collar crowd, yet these same white collar people will cast it aside in their leisure time in favour of casual attire. The reverse is not so obvious, blue-collar workers no longer dress up for the weekend pleasures topped out with a tie. All seem to be going the same casual way and opting for the open neck view.
Does wearing a tie influence the effectiveness of one work – probable not but it has the effect of portraying an element of dress care, misplaced respectability or even the perspective of professional trust ability. No doubt that in very hot weather a tie can be a bit restrictive and feel uncomfortable but those day are few and far between. The advent of ‘dress down days’ although a welcome occasional novelty is leading to a regularising of casual dress and the demise of the suit and tie to the extent that apart from the price tag of the clobber one wear, it is difficult to know what care a person takes in preparing themselves for public display.
There has been a certain amount of etiquette in the wearing of a tie and the design has often been used to denote a certain standing, authority, or of belonging to a select group. This is still the case now in some areas and the wearing of the tie comes with additional modes of dress and acceptable behaviour. It is in all respect a form of badge that is recognisable to others of the same clique and for these it is likely to remain but for the general populace open to fads, it may not survive.
So is the tie heading for the bin? If you look around at the form of dress people wear, male and female, it is easy to see that there is an overriding lean towards casual dress yet it looks decidedly inelegant and pretends to a superficially superior designer style displayed with designer labels, bear fat mid riff, bulging bellies, baggy slack arse trousers, draws on display, shell suits, hoodies, bling, trackies and trainers, bodies squeezed into undersized cloth with fat overflowing, matched with uncouth manners and increasingly coarse attitudes.
Gone are the days when there was at least Sunday best attire, often suit and tie, now even polishing shoes has given way to tatty shod feet. Until we all homogenise to the same crappy level, I wish to see the tie kept if nothing else as a bulwark against he deterioration of more elegant and smart dress standards. So please gentlemen keep your tie, have a sense of appearance for the right occasion, be smart, and the rest of you pretentious unwashed ill-mannered vandal slobs can sod off.
P.
9.8.05
The tie. Its origins come from the about 15th century but probably goes back very much further in one form or another as a tie, bow, scarf or cravat etc and over time it has change to become the finishing touch of the modern shirt. It is possibly the only apparel vehicle that men have, allowing them to express a sense of dress appearance in so far that most suits worn by men in the civil / commercial arenas are functional and somewhat bland compare to the female choice of dress. That ties are not general worn as works wear by the ‘blue collar’ workers is due to it being a possible handicap or nuisance not to say a bit poofy.
To wear one or not may depend on the work or the social context one is engaged in. It does seem to display a certain amount of profession status and marks one, as not being in the blue-collar crowd, yet these same white collar people will cast it aside in their leisure time in favour of casual attire. The reverse is not so obvious, blue-collar workers no longer dress up for the weekend pleasures topped out with a tie. All seem to be going the same casual way and opting for the open neck view.
Does wearing a tie influence the effectiveness of one work – probable not but it has the effect of portraying an element of dress care, misplaced respectability or even the perspective of professional trust ability. No doubt that in very hot weather a tie can be a bit restrictive and feel uncomfortable but those day are few and far between. The advent of ‘dress down days’ although a welcome occasional novelty is leading to a regularising of casual dress and the demise of the suit and tie to the extent that apart from the price tag of the clobber one wear, it is difficult to know what care a person takes in preparing themselves for public display.
There has been a certain amount of etiquette in the wearing of a tie and the design has often been used to denote a certain standing, authority, or of belonging to a select group. This is still the case now in some areas and the wearing of the tie comes with additional modes of dress and acceptable behaviour. It is in all respect a form of badge that is recognisable to others of the same clique and for these it is likely to remain but for the general populace open to fads, it may not survive.
So is the tie heading for the bin? If you look around at the form of dress people wear, male and female, it is easy to see that there is an overriding lean towards casual dress yet it looks decidedly inelegant and pretends to a superficially superior designer style displayed with designer labels, bear fat mid riff, bulging bellies, baggy slack arse trousers, draws on display, shell suits, hoodies, bling, trackies and trainers, bodies squeezed into undersized cloth with fat overflowing, matched with uncouth manners and increasingly coarse attitudes.
Gone are the days when there was at least Sunday best attire, often suit and tie, now even polishing shoes has given way to tatty shod feet. Until we all homogenise to the same crappy level, I wish to see the tie kept if nothing else as a bulwark against he deterioration of more elegant and smart dress standards. So please gentlemen keep your tie, have a sense of appearance for the right occasion, be smart, and the rest of you pretentious unwashed ill-mannered vandal slobs can sod off.
P.
9.8.05
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