Tie clip

About half of women resort to a man's style in clothes to a greater or lesser extent. Someone prefers pants in combination with oxford or burglar, someone combines a jacket and a hat, and someone places accents with accessories, for example: cuff links, a tie and a barrette for him. About how different can there be such a detail as a tie clip and how to wear it below.

History and the present

For the first time the clamp for a tie used the ancient Chinese. Then he was more like a jewel - an artsy, expensive metal, inlaid with stones. Next, special hairpins "lit up" in England in the nineteenth century, when the fashion included ties-ribbons. Nowadays, the opinions of fashion fans are divided. Someone thinks that wearing a clamp is a mauveon (although what can one do to keep the tie from blowing in the wind?), But someone, for example, the fashionista and editor of the men's magazine THE RAKE, Esther Kuek, never misses this detail almost never.

Why do I need a tie clip?

As already mentioned above, the barrette or pin securely fixes the tie, not letting it fly in the wind, dropping you into a plate at a dinner in a restaurant and making other movements and movements that are inappropriate for such an accessory.

Types of clips for a tie

The most common option today is a silver tie clip, made in the form of a bar. This is the type most often preferred by men (they often find this part in the wardrobe). Alternative to him - a version of the golden clamp for a tie. Choosing a similar laconic product, it is desirable that the color coincided with other your accessories: earrings, watches, chain and rings.

In the female version, the hairpin can be additionally decorated with feathers, rhinestones or pendants - it is quite appropriate and permissible.

How to choose a tie clip?

Appearance and size of the clip for a tie directly depend on:

What does it mean?

Hairpin (if you chose a standard bar), the width should be a bit narrower than the tie itself. If you choose too long, then it will not look very neat. If too short (about half), then the tie can break.

As for the place, you can pick up a discreet silver tie clip for work - it will be well worn and make a pleasant impression on colleagues, positioning you as a thoughtful, prudent, conscious and, importantly, fashionable person .

But for informal events, you can choose accessories, abundantly strewn with stones, with decorative figures and other things.

About the same, how important it is to select this detail according to your other things, has already been casually mentioned above. It is not necessary to purchase a tie clip made of gold, if all other jewelry and jewelry cost you to bronze, copper or silver.

How to wear a tie clip?

In how to fasten the clamp for a tie, there are no hard directions. There are only a few recommendations that will help you get the hang of wearing it. Among them indicate that: