National Tie Month 2022
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You'd be surprised at the subtle hints people will make when they think you are "underdressed". It's as though they don't fully understand you are both superior to them in every way and have the ability to make them spit teeth.
My tie collection ranges from finest silk through various other "lesser" cloths and exhibit varying degrees of skillful stitching with a variety of threads both matching and contrasting ...
I have a few vintage ties as well — things you seldom see and cannot purchase anymore thrown into the mix. Most of the garments are "thin" ties. I was never a fan of the oldie but goodie fat ties people once wore routinely. I called them 'bibs'.
The patterns range from ultra conservative solids through various patterns through the somewhat whimsical.
The requirement of neckwear was relative to that public eye one occupied ... and the desirability had more to do with impressions and presenting what the cohorts felt was a competent image. All-in-all, for one who resisted dressing for work as adamantly as I the situation kind of fell into alignment of it's own accord. There comes a time when your personal opinion means less to you than that image being attempted collectively.
I think I just grew weary of the constant fashion fray.
December is National Tie Month, devoted to paying homage to the cravat; that band of cloth typically found around the necks of persons considering dress to be a part of their daily lives. Though I can no longer recall the last time I donned a tie — I used to be such a man simply because it was aspects to that image too many others expected of me at work.