This Part Of A Man’s Wardrobe Is ‘Psychological Armor’ — And It Says A Lot About Him

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HuffPost asked several image consultants and a psychologist to interpret the ties worn by public men, including Donald Trump and Barack Obama, treating neckwear as a window into character.

One stylist insists tie length is the make-or-break detail, hitting the belt buckle exactly; a competitor says width is where real disagreement lives, with one camp calling skinny ties dated and another insisting they're back in fashion depending on lapel width.

A psychologist adds that red ties signal 'take note of me' rather than trustworthiness, while cautioning that people often mistake a familiar association for an unchangeable law, an admission that undercuts the entire premise of the piece.

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Four professionals, paid to have opinions about neckwear, cannot agree on whether a narrow tie says confident or says stuck in 2013. That's the whole tell right there. A man's tie says whatever the stylist quoted that week needs it to say to fill column inches.

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