Kuzano

In the fashion world, some few years ago, there was all this fashion work regarding "what season are you, etc?" I knew some people who used to do fashion consulting for business type.

Yellow ties denoted a person who could not be trusted under any circumstances.... dishonesty in the extreme.

This always comes first to my mind when I saw/see anyone with a yellow tie. Walk... go across the street, or just walk away!

Dannj

Sure, why not comment? Maybe the miscreant subscribes to this site and will learn the error of his ways!

One Rude Dawg Loc: Athol, ID

Maybe he is a dame Elton John impersonator or maybe color blind.

whitewolfowner

Surely, he lives with his mom and is a liberal.

Dedo Loc: NY, Uruguay

Right back at ya, pj.

mdfenton

I suggested earlier that he lived with his mother, but I had not thought about his politics. Good thinking Whitewolfowner.

shelty Loc: Medford, OR

What's a DB and a AH?

romanticf16 Loc: Commerce Twp, MI

Or the host of a PBS Culinary show? You didn't comment on his Apple watchband. What color was it?Did it clash with the shirt? What about his slacks,socks and shoes? Surely you have more opinions than just shirt color and bowtie?

mdfenton

Did his socks match?

Vargnel

I like to know what YOU wearing. Oh... I know "fashion police" uniform, wright ?

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

If you are in a position of power of some sort, you can wear whatever the hell you want!

Love him or hate him, Steve Jobs was famous for his ratty jeans, turtlenecks, and Nikes. It was his signature. He only built the most profitable company on the planet... He was saying, "F--- convention! (You should) Think (that we are) Different!" It worked. His presentations were mesmerizing. He wasn't the focal point... The product was the focal point.

Now, that said, you won't catch me at a business event in pastel green anything, let alone ANY color of bow tie. I'm not in a position to do that, and would never wear it if I could! I'm more likely to be in a button-down blue shirt, Navy blazer, and traditionally conservative tie... gray wool slacks, pleated with cuffs, and dress shoes. If the meeting is important, I'll be in a suit. If the company culture is relaxed, and the CEO is without coat and tie, I'll dress down to match...

In my 20's, I WAS known to wear madras shirts to summer cocktail parties. My kids saw pictures and howled with laughter.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Not sure I agree with it, but current thinking is probably, "Hey, they went to pay their last respects. They didn't stay home, just because they had no money for a black suit. They get kudos for being there."

In a bad economy, I sort of understand, especially if it's a displaced worker at the funeral of a former boss... wearing a "Take This Job and Shove It!" shirt.

Okay, so that would be sick!!!

Dannj

Funny how fashions change. In the '80s...well maybe it was the '70s...in the Wall Street world yellow ties were the POWER ties; or so it seemed according to whomever decides these things.
My 20s can't be seen in the rear-view mirror any more but I do recall madras shirts/shorts as a major component of my summer wardrobe; although more likely worn to cookouts than cocktail parties. Matter of fact I still wear madras shirts, shorts and even full length slacks on occasion. And before anyone asks, no, I don't wear them together.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Wearing a yellow tie does not necessarily make you dishonest, any more than wearing purple makes you royal. It might indicate that you may be ignorant that yellow is a cautionary color and perhaps sends the wrong message. Purple may seem pretentious, unless you are truly royal.

That said, psychologists will tell you the "safest" business clothing colors are blue, burgundy, maroon, crimson, gray, silver, gold, tan, khaki, maybe dark olive, plus black, and white.

Lighter greens and most browns are highly informal service colors (walls of the service corridors of hotels are often bile green and poop brown). Magenta, fuchsia, and pink are just wrong on most men. Yellow reminds us of stinging insects, biting snakes, yellow caution lights. Orange is fruity.

We had a sales rep at one company I worked for who lived in a small town in Ohio. He was notorious for wearing cheap brown polyester sport coats, dark green shirts, and bright yellow ties and slacks to our sales meetings. One year, when he finally had been reasonably successful, the VP Sales walked up to him, and handed him a copy of Dress for Success and a gift certificate to spend at a decent men's clothier. We never saw him in unfashionable clothes again. His sales doubled in three years! Was it the wardrobe? The confidence boost? Who cared! It worked.

Dedo Loc: NY, Uruguay

Jeans, black long sleeved shirt, Salvatore Ferragamo sneakers. But I wasn't going to work; I was just getting coffee.