Do men still wear ties anywhere ?

[childofthe607080s]

Watching a 1980s video and men are wearing ties as normal every day wear

DH wore one to a wedding a few years ago , and funerals

I worked in tech so ties were kept in desk drawers for the one day a year they would be needed. Do younger men even have them?

Much less tie wearing since covid I think. No one in my office or industry wears them any more. My DP, creative industry, wouldn’t wear one ever, lol.

My husband used to wear one when he worked in London, - suited and booted!
Now it’s mainly hatches, matches and dispatches or client meetings. My sons wear them in similar circumstances.
They also wore them after a rugby match.

The only people I see in ties are kids at the local secondary school.

Teachers should be setting an example of the importance of dressing appropriately in working life. Teachers shouldn't be wearing sandals/flip flops/trainers(unless PE teaching), jeans, t-shirts etc. For the men, they should wear a suit and tie and the women should wear a suit dress/smart trousers or a smart dress. Teachers shouldn't be turning up with long, messy beards either that make them look as though they'd just come in from begging outside McDonald's!

At the 6th form near me they have to wear a suit and tie.

Teachers should dress like every other worker. Smart casual. No where wears ties except school anymore.

Suits in 6th form are ridiculous. I taught in an outstanding school. 6th form just wore jeans and hoodies. The world didn’t end. Loads went to Oxbridge. Taught by people with really long beards, fancy moustaches, sleev ttattoos, pink hair, piercings etc

Society has moved on from formal office attire since the start of dress down Fridays in the 90’s. I know no one who wears a tie to work. Why should school kids have to subscribe to some stupid outdated anachronism?

I used to teach history of fashion. Formal office wear has gone. So should stupid ties and suits in 6th form. Society is more casual, this is reflected by casual office wear. Our family has about 3 ties between 4 males.

For the men, they should wear a suit and tie and the women should wear a suit dress/smart trousers or a smart dress.

When was the last time you worked in an office? I think our CEO occasionally wears a tie, but our dress code is smart casual.

True, but at many events and at many places - like workplaces that are more on the formal side - ties are still seen as a way for men to dress smartly.

Which workplaces?

Gp’s and doctors don’t wear them
Teachers don’t wear them
Civil Service don’t wear them
Lecturers don’t wear them
Media people don’t wear them
Shop assistants don’t wear the
Ive not encountered a solicitor that’s wears them

Ds’s is a journalist. ( he doesn’t wear one). He told me the only place that insists on suits and ties for staff in the media is the Daily Mail. Says it all really.

Your DS would do best to wear a suit and tie if he's reporting on a court case. Everyone in court wears formal attire.

He doesn’t report on them.

Im not sure he needs advice from some random on the internet about a job he’s been doing 10 years. And even if he was l don’t think he’d wear a suit and tie.

But this begs the question, is this loss of more-formal attire a good thing? It takes effort to dress well, and it takes practice. Not saying we all have to wear three-piece suits and pocket watches, but personally I like it when people make a bit of an effort. People look smarter, and I think it gives everyone a boost, instead of wearing joggers etc. I feel better in myself when I've made an effort. I'd venture to suggest that people behave better when they're dressed well, too. Viewers loved to ooh and aah over the beautiful fashions in things like Downton Abbey and Sex and the City reboot. It wouldn't be the same if all the actors were in joggers and a hoodie, would it!

I look around at everyone in tracksuits, leggings, and hoodies, and I do wish we were a bit smarter.

My late mother was a teen in the Fifties and she'd say "Ooh we were smart back then!" And she didn't have much money, but when you look at photos of the Fifties, everyone looks so beautiful and well-turned out!

But then, I can't be bothered much beyond jeans, either, so I can't really talk. I haven't yet descended to going out in tracksuit bottoms or leggings and a hoodie, but that day might come.

My DH wears a tie to in person meetings and occasionally online

Ime the ‘smarter’ the school uniform’ the worse the school.

Formal dress is disappearing just like corsets, separate collars, etc. The world changes and clothing and attire just reflect this.

I'm in IT. Some of the older guys wear suits, but not usually with a tie. Maybe they do on client visits. More often it's t-shirt or polo shirt. Two guys seem to be in competition about who's got the most garish Hawaiian shirt.

Finance, medicine, law, estate agents, some teachers, various corporate roles, people in sales, all sorts, basically. Not all, but I have seen many people in those jobs wearing ties. The maxim "Dress for the job you want, not the job you have" is still a thing. Senior people in any organisation are also more likely to wear them than more junior staff.

There were plenty when we went to a smart restaurant last night

I’ve yet to meet a doctor in a tie. It’s something l always look for.

What do people do about ‘dressing for the job you want in a sector that doesn’t wear ties. A better brand of trainer or jeans?

Dss has a doctorate in finance. He never wears a tie.

But that’s not a workplace.

I've attended quite a few appointments with the most senior consultant oncologists where they are giving the worst news (with both of my late parents, the last 18 months ago) and they were always wearing suits and ties.

Oh - and my senior police detective ex, who worked on the Major Crime team investigating only rape and murder. Suit and tie always, every day. It connotes authority. Most senior detectives wear suits and ties - unless they're doing a dawn raid.

The staff in my local bank wear suits and ties.

I know there are fewer ties, but I don't think they're dead. In many jobs, you need to project authority, and suits and ties are handy for that. Same with trouser suits for women.

I believe men at City law firms wear ties usually.

Are people really so unimaginative that they think the alternative to wearing a tie is joggers and a hoodie?

Men can look approximately smart for work without a tie in all kinds of ways.

Maybe you should have worn a pair of trousers with it.

The only people I see wearing a tie these days are male primary school teachers.

What authority do the staff in your local bank have? Or the receptionists in a hotel? Or a car salesman?

Ties are an unreliable and archaic symbol of authority.

I always find that actually reading the OP’s question before replying with a smart arse incorrect comment is the best way to go! 🙄