Seasonal Ties, Patterns or Plain Shirts, and Plaids post 677 by Angela Lansbury

 

Martin Doe, President of HOD Speakers' Club, which meets in South Harrow at a church meeting room, near South Harrow station, twice a month. Martin is wearing a season tie featuring Santa and a Christmas tree, for the last meeting of 2025 on Thursday Dec 18th, with the theme of Christmas and seasonal celebrations.

Seasonal Ties

A seasonal tie is a handy thing to have. You can put it on or take it off quickly when you want to look festive for a party after work. A tie costs less than a seasonal jumper, mostly. Although you can often buy both jumpers and ties on sale after the season is over.

The tie label says New Tast. The name is within a triangle.

Seasonal Symbols

The objects depicted include 

green trees, 

buildings with white snow rooftops, and brown walls

Santa with a big, bushy white beard, white moustache and white eyebrows

 wearing red clothes with white trimming.

Yellow eight point stars

blue baubles on the tree

Red candles with yellow flames

a red drum

brown rabbits.

Matching Ties & Shirts Patterns & Plain

I liked both the red plaid shirt and the seasonal tie. Our theme for the evening was seasonal, with suggested clothing seasonal patterns or red, and white, and green, or a combination of these colours. Tree green. Santa red. Snow white.

The plaid shirt is in the jolly red. 

The tie is on the seasonal theme.

At the time, my focus was on the seasonal tie. Later, I noticed the red plaid (as the Americans say) tartan, as we say in the UK, on the shirt. I liked it. But did the shirt and tie go together?

Pattern & Plain Shirts & Co-ordinating Ties

Thinking about it, I would say as a general rule that one pattern is enough. Two or more is busy, distracting from the wearer, and making the eyes of the viewer flit about. Confusing. Overwhelming.