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?

Oh well, if you're against ties, you do you! I'm glad they're not as ubiquitous as they were, but I still think they have a place.

I'm guessing you weren't a regular customer of The Tie Rack. 😂 Remember them?

She asked why men don’t aeem
to wear ties anymore. I said they aren’t worn much in the work place.

Them someone came on either replying to op or me.

So l answered.

Fimd someone less to pick on😂would you like me to write lines? ‘I must read op’s orginal post’

I’ll do what l want.

I'm not against ties.

I'm just saying they no longer mean "authority".

To you.

Who do they mean authority to?

I hardly ever see anyone wearing a tie. I work in a local authority and corporate directors and strategic directors tend to wear suits, although some still don’t, but I’m yet to see a tie on anyone.

It’s highly unusual to see anyone with a tie in London even in the city / law firms / accountancy. I think some people might keep one in their bag but no, ties are pretty much obsolete except in 6th forms which ask for business dress not recognising that business dress is more likely to be jeans and trainers than a suit and tie

My husbands oncologist, one of the top in the world for his cancer, never wore a tie, he had a good collection of very nice jumpers. I took one of mt kids to see a constant paediatrician a couple of months ago who had on jeans and a very nice pair of trainers. To be fair I was slightly surprised he was casual but it didn’t make him less authoritative

Of course, "to me."

Feel free to assume that everything I post is "to me."

But I've also given several examples of how they are not an unambiguous symbol of authority to anyone, for example, how junior waiting staff in a hotel may wear ties and the wealthy guests checking in don't.

Some people in authority wear ties. Some don't. Some people with no authority wear ties. Some don't.

Maybe try engaging with the conversation?

I agree with pp that male secondary school teachers wear a tie every day unless they teach PE, in which case they wear a branded 'uniform' staff kit. Primary schools have significantly more relaxed dress codes on the whole; male class teachers will generally wear a collar in the form of an open-neck shirt or a polo shirt but it tends to be only the headteacher, if male, who wears a tie, and this is slowly changing.

None if the male teachers in the 3 massive secondaries near me wear ties.

One l worked at
One dd went to
One DD’s mate went to.

Apart from PE, ties are not great in DT, food tech or science.

To weddings and funerals. I work for a well known global company and nobody wears a tie not even the “big bosses”

Perhaps it is regional. I go into a lot of secondary schools for work and I genuinely can't think of a mainstream secondary school in the greater metropolitan area of my region where ties are not the norm for men, even if they are not explicitly mandated in the dress code. Teachers of practical subjects wear lab coats or other protective clothing with a shirt and tie underneath.

The exception would be special schools and PRUs where ties are a potential safety issue.

When l used to teach history of fashion, if we were decoding ties, they were seen as extensions of the penis. It’s a way of asserting male dominance. Essentially anthropolgy.

However as society has become more equal ( supposedly) this dominance no longer exists in theory. So men no longer need to wear ties. There are now more female students at med school than men. How are they supposed to show ‘authority?’, They don’t need to.

The tie will become more obsolete as society becomes more equal. Unless we turn to a more authoritarian time.

My son does in Westminster. My DH not so much but he did for thirty years.

I wear business dress when I go into London. Not heals as I can't manage them but jacket, blouse, trousers or a dress.
Church etc, yes.

It’ must be specific to the dress code of those schools then.

In my city l worked in and visited quite a few secondaries. No one wore ties. I think it’s a ‘thing’ for the big academies. I’d be interested to know how well those schools perform?

The ones near me are quite high achieving. No ties, less rigid uniforms. 2 don’t even have secondary uniforms.

is this for work or shopping?

My school hater DD was forced to wear a tie but nothing else. If business is no longer doing this why are schools giving detentions to kids who don't wear them? I wfh so don't see what people are wearing.

Work

My teen DS wore a suit and tie to a job fair last week, walked around giving out his CV and shaking hands. Came home with an interview and now has a contract.

And I've always loved your user name. Reminds me of my youth!

Im glad they are going..such a ridiculous item.

@ArseInTheCoOpWindow

"When l used to teach history of fashion, if we were decoding ties, they were seen as extensions of the penis."

I sometimes wear a tie with spots on it.

😂😂😂not quite sure what to say to that!!

There’s a whole new thread there!

My husband works from home in manufacturing consultancy and now only wears a tie for funerals
But he wore a tie for 40 years when going into an office.
Make TV newsreaders seem to be the only people who now almost always wear a tie.

Dh possesses no ties at all