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There is no way your suit can be complete with just jackets and trousers. Your wardrobe needs some dress shirts. You will need a chosen ties, a couple of leather belts and many more to compliment your whole ensemble.

Suits- Shirts, Ties, And Suits

You should have two basic colors of shirts in your closet to go with your suits: white and blue. Yes, there are other options available and some do create some rather stunning looks, but for your professional wardrobe it’s best to stick with these basics—at least at first. You can also choose some shirts of the same colors with subtle stripes, provided that you promise to never wear a striped shirt with a striped suit.

Don’t ever add more stripes. Are you a convict? You should focus on blending your solids and patterns. Choose a matching tie. Avoid loud patterns and colors. A paisley tie is sharp, but be careful how you wear it. If you’re going to do patterns around your neck, then stick with solids everywhere else.

Suits Accessories- Accessorizing And Socks, Shoes And Suits

Your ensemble can’t get done without certain additional items. Starting from the top and working down, the first thing you need is a belt. You can either wear black leather or brown leather. That’s it. You won’t need any other bulky stuff Keep them thin and professional.

Other thing that must be available are shoes and socks. You must use socks that are matching. The color of your suits should match with that of the socks. Navy for navy, grey for grey—you get the idea. Don’t ever try to break this code.

Your shoes have to be either black or brown. Your shoes should match your belt. That means no brown belts with black shoes. Black always goes with anything. Brown goes well with tan or brown suits, so that’s something you can keep in mind when you expand your wardrobe a bit.

You can now wear your suits to official places. Your accessories must be kept minimal. Other jewelry should be kept for your wedding band. You will only need a hair cut to get going. Here are the best suits

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There aren’t many of us who enjoy their skin care routine and it can take a lot of time first thing in the morning. But we all like to have nice skin and hair. There must be a better way of balancing skin care and getting on with your day. Happily, we’ve got 5 tips to get your skin in shape whilst also getting through the bathroom routine quicker.

1. Use 2 in 1 products. There are loads of products out there designed to do 2 jobs at once so make the most of them! One example is the Active Cassia Hair & Body Wash from Molton Brown. This could probably save you a minute or two in the shower.

2. Don’t blow-dry your hair. Hairdrying can take an absolute age, especially if you have thick hair, so changing your habits here could save significant time. By giving nature its freedom to style your hair how it likes and just doing a quick towel dry to get the worst off, you could knock 30 minutes off your bathroom time. You could even end up with a nice new hair-do!

3. Protect your skin whilst you moisturise. SPF moisturiser means that you can do away with the big bottle of sun lotion sitting in your bathroom cabinet and simply use this instead. You’ll often find SPF moisturisers have all sorts of vitamin-rich content to nourish your skin too. We recommendKiehl’s Facial Fuel SPF15. This could save you a couple of minutess in the morning.

4. Wash your face in the shower. Make the most of your time showering by using your face wash and scrub whilst in there. Showers are especially great for rinsing all the last little exfoliating beads away. Once more, this probably represents a few minutes saved.

5. Select a high quality shaving oil. Those who find shaving painful take longer to shave and suffer from a rash. Shaving oils are very effective for those who are prone to shaving irritation. Check out this one from American Crew. This could reduce your bathroom time by 5 minutes – and save you some discomfort!

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What comes around goes around. That is the case with mens thin neckties. The style started in the first part of the 20th century and achieved its highest popularity during the 50′s and 1960′s, then made a stylish resurgence in the 80′s. Now they are returning to fashion again with stars like Leonardo DeCaprio, Will Arnett and other celebrities choosing narrow black neckties to accessorize their tuxedos at the recent Acadamy Awards.

Thin Ties of the 20′s

It is regularly acknowledged that narrow mens neckties vary in width from 1 to 3 inches across the widest section of the tie. Both pointed neckties and flat bottom narrow neckties during the first ten years of the 20th century were thin, ranging from 2 to 2 ½ inches wide. Some ties measuring as thin as 1 ½ inches, were even referred to by people at the time as string ties. Due to lack of materials associated with World War I, ties remained unchanged for the next ten years. 2 inch wide neckties remained in fashion through the 1920′s and then disapeared until the 1950′s.

In the period after the war, as notes Sarah Gibbings, in her fantastic volume “The Tie: Trends and Traditions”, the austerity of WW II left no money, no available materials or factories in Europe. The United States became an originator of change and positive postwar aspirations for a devastated Europe. Returning soldiers were seeking bright and bold patterns, anything exuberant and modern. The United States delivered with a movement toward the broad, flamboyant and extravagantly colored ties which went on to dominate the 1940′s and early 50′s. In order to display these ties, the men’s jacket lapels started to become broader and suits were buttoned lower which gave the man more area for the tie.

1950′s Skinny Ties  

By the mid 50’s, the American reaction to the the Korean War, Cold War and a recession dampned the American psyche. Men’s suits reflected the country’s more somber attitude. Fashions became more conservative, with slimmer trousers, smaller lapels and skinnier ties to match. Bright and brilliant color combinations were pushed out by restrained patterns and plain colors. Thus the quintessential skinny black necktie was reborn.

As popular celebrities such as Elvis started to wear narrow neckties, the teenagers copied their style. By the mid 1960′s ties as skinny as 1 inch were worn by conservative men and young men alike.

Thin Neckties of the 80′s

Narrow neckties made another appearance in the 1980′s, especially in the new wave music scene, which was a rejection of the flowery and excessive style of the 1970′s.

Narrow Neckties Are Popular Today

Skinny ties are here today. Just the other night attorney Anthony Romero, executive director of the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) appeared on the Colbert Report sporting a dark narrow tie. During the segment, Stephen Colbert asked him to show something wrong with him. After a quick look at Colbert’s wide yellow foulard style tie, Romero promptly replied, “That tie is not my favorite”, which predictably got lots of of giggles at Colbert’s expense.

While there is certainly room for all styles of ties to match one’s own style and comfort zone, there will always be something classy about the sleek and tailored look of a well dressed man sporting a extraordinary thin tie. Original vintage narrow ties from the 1950′s, 1960′s and 80′s are available online when searching for “vintage skinny ties”. Try one today!

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