Ties should touch the top of your belt buckle when you stand straight, never above or below. A silk tie should always be properly untied and not simply slipped of without undoing the knot. Hung up overnight, the creases will straighten ut. For work, always use a silk tie and not a polyester one.

Combining colours with shirts or suits

• Your shirt should be lighter-coloured than your suit.
• The tie must repeat the color of the suit , shirt or both.
• Wear only two-colour families. If you wear a navy blue suit and pink shirt with a red tie for instance, you have three colours on you.
• Wearing a plain shirt with plain trousers and a patterned tie is the most common combination, but you can also combine two patterns with one solid colour (e.g. a striped shirt and a patterned tie with a plain jacket).