How to make your ties work with plaid shirts

This piece from Prepidemic is a handy little tool for those who have given the check shirt a miss when going to work in the morning

The main rule of thumb is that any time you’re pairing a tie with a plaid, you are trying to calm down the craze of the shirt.

Option 1

1. Plaid shirt.

2. Dark solid tie (perhaps of a color in the shirt).

3. A little sheen to the tie.

4. Not too much sheen.

Option 2

1. Plaid shirt.

2. Stripe tie.

3. Match one color of tie to one color of shirt.

4. Works well when the color you match is a bright color that is the color of the stripe.

5. Rest of the tie dark.

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