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Summary: How to dress with the right tie for a special occasion; get professional tips and advice on selecting the right tie to coordinate with your dress shirts in this free fashion video.
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Douglas Willott Douglas Willott is an actor and improviser from Seattle. He is a long-time member of Jet City Improv, having starred in and directed various shows for over te... read more
Oh hi, I'm Douglas Willott on behalf of Expert Village and today we are going to talk about coordinating your shirt with your tie. The first thing to keep in mind when you are coordinating your tie with your shirt is what is the occasion. What is it that you are trying to communicate? What sort of dress are you there with? Is it a formal dress? In that case, you are going to want something more traditional. Probably like a black tie on a solid base color. Also if it is maybe a work scenario where you want to stand out a little bit more but still look professional think about maybe a red tie or a orange tie. Maybe with some sort of nice settled pattern that up close looks really interesting but from far away it stills looks like a nice big piece of color against your dress shirt. Maybe it is a night out and you want to pop out and stand out from the crowd. Well as long as your shirt is going to stand out, there is nothing wrong with clashing the tie a little bit so people are going to notice the tie. After all you would not wear a shirt like this to not be seen. So why wear a tie that is not going to be seen either. So as long as you know what your occasion is, you can be sure that you are going to grab both the appropriate shirt and the tie to go with it. That is very important first step.