Tuesday 19 August 2014

You might be a pro at matching your solid-colored ties with your solid-colored shirts, but with trends in recent years emphasizing a mix-and-match approach to fashion, how well do you fare at mixing stripes and patterns? And let’s not even get started on dealing with textures.
Fortunately, learning to combine interesting shirts and ties is not as taxing as it sounds. Just stick to a few simple rules and you’ll find that mixing it up has never been easier.

1- Repeat colors in each pattern

John Varvatos shirt - Credit: BlueFly.com Zegna tie - Credit: ErmenegildoZegna.com

In this case, choose your shirt first, carefully noting the dominant colors. When you are ready to pick your tie, choose one with accents that use the same dominant colors from your shirt. This combination of a brown John Varvatos dress shirt and pink silk Ermenegildo Zegna tie is a perfect example of how to implement this rule. The shirt is dark brown with lighter, more subtle, nutmeg-colored stripes and, although the background of the tie is pink, the small, brown, paisley art-nouveau print echoes the color of the shirt.

2- Graduate checks outward

Hickey Freeman shirt - Credit: BlueFly.comLuciano Barbera tie - Credit: BlueFly.com

Skillfully combining a checked shirt with a differently checked tie is a quick way to get a quirky look. The rule to follow in this case is to always wear smaller checked prints on your body and larger checks around your neck. Again, make sure you pay attention to color and choose a shirt and tie in a similar color palette. Take, for example, this hip combination of a pumpkin-plaid, Hickey Freeman shirt with a navy-striped silk tie from Luciano Barbera: The shirt has smaller, thinner checks, while the tie has a larger and brighter pattern. As the checks become larger from the shirt to the tie, the effect is more Johnny Depp than Screech. Just remember to keep your trousers in the same overall color scheme.Avoid messy pattern mishaps with these last two rules…

3- Vary weights between patterns


J.Crew shirt - Credit: JCrew.com J. Crew tie - Credit: JCrew.com
Choosing two patterns of the same size will just look too busy and confusing, so for a cleaner look that’s easier on the eyes, make sure one piece has a chunkier pattern than the other. This classic J.Crew shirt has thin gray and white stripes, while the silk tie is set on a gray background with slim white stripes, as well as much larger, notice-me blue stripes. The combination works by giving a subdued dress shirt just the right boost with a brighter, bolder striped tie, thereby breaking up the monotony of the shirt.

4- Match smaller patterns with larger ones


Joseph Abboud shirt - Credit: BlueFly.com Paul Smith tie - Credit: eLuxury.com
You’ll be surprised at the fantastic and elegant combinations you can come up with, even when the tie and shirt have completely different patterns, simply by following this rule. If your shirt has a small pattern, you’ll need to wear a tie with a larger one and vice versa. You don’t even have to worry much about keeping to the same color family if the shirt is in a neutral color like black, gray or white, although matching these pieces when the shirt is colored does make it easier to get it right if you don’t have a particular eye for color. Joseph Abboud’s single-breasted lilac dress shirt has very slim, barely noticeable white stripes, meaning that Paul Smith’s tie with alternating stripes and multicolor floral embroidery complements rather than overwhelms the delicate pattern of the shirt.

mixin’ it up

By now you should feel less mixed up about mixing shirts and ties than before you learned these rules, and you’ll never have to question your matches or be the cause of optic dysfunction in others again. You’ll be a licensed mixologist in no time.

source:http://uk.askmen.com

11 comments:

  1. A plan shirt usually goes with a designed tie or flower tie. akinrefon akinwole emmanuel

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  2. don't be afraid to attempt new colour combination.

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  3. begin by looking at your shirt, if your shirt have red stripes, pair, it with a tie that has red somewhere in the background.

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  4. people should always avoid creating color riot when dressing.

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  5. nice...Wine colored tie on a cream color rocks too...

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  6. A pink and white checked shirt goes with a white and blue tie and a neutral, solid suit.BY ADEDOTUN KAYODE.A

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  7. Mixing patterns and colours is partly art, partly science. When it comes to choosing shirt and tie combinations that mesh together harmoniously, many men give patterned dress shirts and more elaborately printed ties a wide berth, preferring to play it safe with neutral and solid colours.BY:AKINTOLA SEGUN FOLAHAN

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  8. in other to do a perfect shirt and tie patterns you have to choose your shirt first, carefully noting the dominant colors.

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  9. Fortunately, learning to combine interesting shirts and ties is not as taxing as it sounds. Just stick to a few simple rules and you'll find that mixing it up has never been easier.

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  10. Choosing two patterns of the same size will just look too busy and confusing, so for a cleaner look that's easier on the eyes, make sure one piece has a chunkier pattern than the other.

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