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Old Dec 6th 2012, 7:31 am
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Originally Posted by kittycat1
i never claimed to makes sense-it was said as tongue in cheek comment saying that people who work in fashion wear black becuase they don't care about wearing colours that suit them they care about wearing fashion and because they work in fashion the colour to wear is black whether it is in commercial fashion or not it will always be the fashion colour to wear- end of there is no sense to it- and I am basically talking pretenscious bollocks and now trying to explian my pretensicous bollocks as i work in fashion and that what fashion people do...
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Old Dec 6th 2012, 7:35 am
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Originally Posted by kittycat1
oo I'd say its got nothing to do with feeling official, black is cool and intimidating.
and that is exactly why I wouldn't wear it for an interview
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and that is exactly why I wouldn't wear it for an interview
out of interest, when did you last have an interview?
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Whats wrong with looking intimidating for an interview?
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Whats wrong with looking intimidating for an interview?
Always pull out the power tie
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Old Dec 6th 2012, 8:33 am
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Always pull out the power tie
To match the chinos? What's your definition of a power tie? (Better still, post a pic of one.) I have a couple of difficult-negotiations ties, similar to the below but bright red (the other is also bright red, but with subtle white dragonflies):

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Old Dec 6th 2012, 8:38 am
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Originally Posted by kittycat1
oo I'd say its got nothing to do with feeling official, black is cool and intimidating.
Yep:

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Default Re: Breaking News - Lanarkwitch Actually Gets Job Interview!

Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
To match the chinos? What's your definition of a power tie? (Better still, post a pic of one.) I have a couple of difficult-negotiations ties, similar to the below but bright red (the other is also bright red, but with subtle white dragonflies):

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I'm thinking like these:




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Most are fine (if you must wear a noose) as long as you avoid 'comedy' ties. They very quickly tell people you're a personality-free cretin, which I suppose could be handy for interviewers,
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Originally Posted by Meow
Most are fine (if you must wear a noose) as long as you avoid 'comedy' ties. They very quickly tell people you're a personality-free cretin, which I suppose could be handy for interviewers,
I like comedy ties for exactly that reason, they save me wasting time
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ooo comedy ties- between you and bahtatboys ornate waistcoats I worry about the fashion sense of this bored!
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Old Dec 6th 2012, 9:46 am
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Originally Posted by Meow
Most are fine (if you must wear a noose) as long as you avoid 'comedy' ties. They very quickly tell people you're a personality-free cretin, which I suppose could be handy for interviewers,
Disagree there. While accepting that tastes vary greatly, I have a fair number of colleagues whose tie selection can only be random, and one in particular who believes a) that a bright yellow half-sleeve shirt is suitable office attire, b) that such shirt should be accompanied by a tie, c) that a yellow tie, equally bright but of a slightly different hue, matches, and d) it need only reach half way between his neck and his belt.

If you're going to wear one, at least make sure that it matches in some way the rest of your attire, that it doesn't have a footballer's knot (unless you're a professional footballer), that it reaches your belt plus a bit, and that it appears to have some aesthetic function other than keeping your lunch off your shirt.

As I'm asked from time to time at work, "Do you discriminate?" "'Course I bloody do, because if I didn't then my actions and choices would be indiscriminate, and I'd end up wearing a yellow tie with a yellow shirt."
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Originally Posted by kittycat1
ooo comedy ties- between you and bahtatboys ornate waistcoats I worry about the fashion sense of this bored!
My shell suit is okay though, isn't it?
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Originally Posted by kittycat1
ooo comedy ties- between you and bahtatboys ornate waistcoats I worry about the fashion sense of this bored!
I only have one. But if you want to buy me something for Xmas...
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