Favourite Tie Knot

A full windsor makes most people under 300lbs look like a self-important prick with a knot way too big for their face. A four in hand reminds me of middle school. (seriously? frequently too small and asymmetrical) A half windsor is a good compromise. You shouldn't have your knot make you stand out. If you want loud, do it with the tie, or wear a bowtie. Also, wearing a tie inappropriately is a huge faux-pas too. Our standard uniform is either a suit or a nice oxford shirt and slacks without a tie. Aside from my department and our talking heads, the RFP team is on our floor. There are a couple people on that team that wear atrociously loudly colored/patterned shirts and ties. It feels like they would be more at home managing a Target store than working for a trillion dollar asset manager. You could get away (barely) with the shirt, if the justification was that you were dressing down, but if you are one of the three people out of 200 on the floor wearing a tie, and the other two are in Armani suits, while it looks like you got the shirt/tie combo pack from Marshals, you have problems.