The quality of your tie denotes taste and sense of style. So choose your tie with care. Several materials like silk and wool-blended go well with different suits and shirts.
Fashion designer Dipti Irla offers the following tips:
~ Touch the tie while buying it -- it must feel smooth.
~ A good quality tie will have three, not two, pieces sewn together
~ At the back of the tie between the two joined flaps, you will find a loose thread called the slip stitch. In a good quality tie, if you pull this slip stitch, the tie will gather in folds.
~ Another test is to sling the tie over your hands. The narrow end of the tie should lie exactly behind the centre of the wider end. Don't buy the tie if it twists when you drape it over your hands -- it will not lie flat on your chest.
Also read: How to make a shirt sexy!
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