Are you tired of tying your own neckties everyday? Think about it! If you are an expert on tying a necktie, then it will take you at least two minutes to tie the tie and adjust the knot so that it perfectly sits centered between your dress shirt’s collars. If you wear a tie everyday, 5 days a week, then you will spend over 21,000 minutes on tying neckties in the lifetime of your career. That is over 700 hours, or almost 30 days of non-stop tying neckties. If you count the time it takes to take the tie back off, untie the knot, and finally hang it on a tie rack, this time might actually be doubled.
What else could you do with your time? I am sure there are better ways to spend this time than spending it standing in front of a mirror with bloodshot eyes trying to put a string of silk around your neck. Below are a few tips that will help you spend less time with tying your neckties.
Option 1: Leave the tie off:
This might not be a feasible option for many of us because the necktie is part of our daily work attire. If people in your industry wear neckties, than don’t take the tie off. In fact wearing a necktie is a good option if you are working face to face with clients. You will project a more professional image, which will positively impact your performance. So Option #1 is really not that great for most of us.
Option 2: Don’t untie the tie at the end of the day:
In theory, this might sound good because not only will you save time with untying your neckties at the end of each day, but you also wouldn’t need to tie a new necktie knot in the morning. Sounds like a good option? Not so fast! Leaving the knot in the tie for a long period of time will cause your tie to get damaged and fall out of shape. Eventually you will need to go and buy a new necktie, which will actually take more time than having tied a tie knot all along. In addition silk ties can be quite expensive.
Option 3, Pre-tied neckties:
There are the so-called “clip on ties”. They are neckties that have been prettied and have a hidden metal clip sown in at the back of the tie knot. They are not worn around the neck but clip onto your shirt’s collar.
Even though the clip on tie will save you time, there are a few drawbacks with wearing them. First off all, many consider clip-on ties to be tacky, and only meant for people that can’t figure out how to tie a necktie. Secondly, depending on the quality of the clip-on ties the clip might be noticeable when wearing the tie. If this is the case, you are better off not wearing a tie at all. Finally, clip-on ties are difficult to find in fashionable designs and in a wide variety. Well, option # 3 might be better than the first two, but still not the solution we are looking for.
Option 4: Have someone else tie the tie for you:
Teach someone in your family how to tie a tie, and have them tie it for you each morning. This sounds silly you might think? Well, imagine being married to an attractive woman that ties your tie each morning for you. How does that sound? What if she wasn’t wearing much more than the tie? Wouldn’t this make wearing neckties so much more fun? If you have a stressful day at work, all you would have to do is to look down at your necktie and think about how it got there. Now, how couldn’t this put a smile on your face on even the most stressful of all days? I think we found our winner!
Author Resource:-
Pohl is an expert author on men's fashion. He himself enjoys the trendy-elegant business look consisting of suit and necktie. He is a necktie aficionado himself and also owns his own necktie retailer: http://www.ties-necktie.com/
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