Beckham In Tie Again

David Beckham has been talking to Sky Sports this week and chose to carry on his tie wearing ways for the interview (which can be viewed here).

The LA Galaxy star spoke about all things football including Real Madrid, Fabio Capello, Manchester United and even gave his view on the summer's hot topic, Cristiano Ronaldo's proposed move to Spain.

Beckham sported a thin black tie to complement his white shirt and v-neck jumper. We thought he looked rather smart.

Be sure to check out our full range of thin ties at Tiesplanet.com!

Lagerbäck Tops Euro 2008 Tie Competition

Euro 2008 is now well underway, each team having played their first game of the tournament. Spain, Portugal and Holland have all impressed in the early exchanges, but as ever of course we have been more interested in the neckwear on show at the tournament.

We are pleased to see that the majority of head coaches have chosen to wear ties for their respective team's opening games. Of particular interest was Sweden boss, Lars Lagerback's decision to wear a skinny tie for his sides 2-0 victory over reigning champions, Greece.

The trend of the last couple of season's has been for young fashionistas to wear thin 4-5cm width ties. Lagerback though has shown that the skinny tie is not just the accessory of choice for the hip, young things, but for shall we say more mature gentlemen too?

Lagerback, Sweden's manager since 2000, is fast approaching his 60th birthday, but still knows how to look pretty damn cool!

Below we rate each manager's tie of choice for their nation's first Euro 2008 game:

Group A

Karel Brückner (Czech Republic) - 7/10 - The Czech boss chose to wear a plain ribbed grey tie. Simple, effective and nothing too extravagant. Pretty much like his side.

Luiz Felipe Scolari (Portugal) - 0/10 - Scolari spoilt a fine display by his men, by choosing to wear a rather shabby looking tracksuit instead of wearing his suit and tie.

Jakob Kuhn (Switzerland) - 8/10 - Kuhn wore his country's colours, with a red and white striped tie. A classic blade width, classic design and classic colours.

Fatih Terim (Turkey) - 0/10 - Another tracksuit manager. Poor decision. Perhaps he'll put his lucky tie on for their second game?

Group B

Josef Hickersberger (Austria) -8/10 - A striking silk tie worn by the Austrian boss. A light blue and dark blue squared design.

Slaven Bilic (Croatia) - 8/10 - A plain darkish red tie worn by Bilic. A plain bold colour goes a long way.

Joachim Löw (Germany) -1/10 - No tie again! Tut tut, but one mark given as at least he wore a collared shirt, that a tie could easily be popped on.

Leo Beenhakker (Poland) - 9/10 - A plain bold red tie. Very simple, but a beautiful tie knotted to perfection by the experienced boss.

Group C

Raymond Domenech (France) - 7/10 - A nice tie, but we're not sure Domenech quite carried it off. The narrow navy tie with French cockerel will probably suit Thierry Henry better!

Roberto Donadoni (Italy) - 9/10 - A classy black tie worn by Donadoni. Did we expect any less from an Italian?

Marco Van Basten (Netherlands) - 0/10 - A shame that the Dutch legend didn't wear a tie as he has been seen lately in a very nice bright orange tie.

Victor Piţurcă (Romania) - 0/10 - We're unlikely to see Victor in a tie for his side's matches any time soon.

Group D

Otto Rehhagel (Greece) - 0/10 - We think Otto would suit a nice wide tie, but he chose to wear a polo shirt. Shame.

Guus Hiddink (Russia) - 8/10 - A very nice black and white striped tie worn by the Dutchman.

Luis Aragonés (Spain) - 0/10 - Aragones didn't wear a tie, but as he wore a coat for the summer tournament, we're not sure anyone wants to be looking to the Spain boss for fashion tips anyway.

Lars Lagerbäck (Sweden) - 10/10 - What a decision by the Swede. Wore a tartan pattern skinny tie. Totally unexpected, but Lars did look the part in the fashionable tie.

Be sure to check out the links to ties we stock like the ones worn by the coaches!

We are getting a tartan skinny tie, like Lagerback's in stock in the next couple of weeks so be sure to keep checking out our Skinny Ties section!

Short Suits Hit The Streets

BBC reporter Brian Milligan tries out the new 'short suit' which is designed for summer office wear in this video...

The suit which incorporates shorts rather than long trousers has already met much criticism. The main gripe being that many mens' legs are better not seen in the office.

The same could be said, in our unbiased opinion, of the male neck. Open-necked shirts reveal that part of the body that many people just don't want to see!

There is only one solution to these problems, wear long trousers and wear a tie. Some fashions never lose their class.

Ties from £3.99 available at Tiesplanet.com

DON'T GET FIRED!!!

As the son of a tailor, Sir Alan Sugar should know more than most about how dressing properly for work can help you succeed in life.

The fourth series of The Apprentice is currently heading towards its conclusion and with just 5 candidates remaining, we are running our latest poll on who you think is the best dressed! We will see how the winner of our poll performs in the remainder of the popular TV series.

Interestingly two of the remaining hopefuls have, just like Tiesplanet.com, Wakefield connections. Helene Speight lives in the city and having been born in South Africa, Claire Young was brought up in Wakefield!

Smart plain ties like Sir Alan wears can be purchased from Tiesplanet.com

Any male stars want to be like Sarah Jessica Parker?

Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker could have once again started a fashion craze by wearing a £4.50 dress.

The woman who introduced the world to Manolo Blahnik shoes, Parker arrived at a recent New York premier with husband Matthew Broderick, wearing a low-budget dress, part of a design range she has lent her name to.

Full story here...

No doubt male stars will want to follow suit by wearing low-budget clothes for premieres and like-events. If so, we might have something right up their street... Our Budget Tie Zone. Ties in this section are priced at just £4.99 each.

And if that is too much, in our current half price sale we have ties starting at just £3.99!

Beckham Birthday Marred by Shocking Tie & Hanky Mismatch

We were interested to see David Beckham step out for his 33rd birthday celebrations this week.

The Daily Mail was most interested by he and wife Victoria's monochrome outfits. Interesting, granted... but what intrigued us more was the LA Galaxy star's decision to wear tie and pocket hanky. Nothing too daring about that you may think... but Beckham's hanky and tie did not match. Shock. Horror.

So, if you're reading David, if you couldn't find a matching set, you might want to take a look at our Tie, Hanky & Cufflinks Sets. Priced at £11.99, they are well in your price range.

Boris Johnson is London Mayor

Boris Johnson has been officially announced as new London Mayor, beating off competition from leading contender Ken Livingstone.

We said we'd be keeping an eye out for the ties they chose to wear on May 1st... and we did.

Johnson chose to wear a plain purple tie, the fashionable colour of the moment. Livingstone was being more coy though by wearing a long coat covering his suit and tie. So for us Boris Johnson won that battle on voting day!

On May 2nd (Result Day) though, we did get to see ties from both Ken and Boris. Whilst Conservative, Johnson stuck with a purple tie, Livingstone went for a nice bright yellow tie. If we'd seen that on Livingstone on May 1st, we'd have called it a draw!

Want a tie like Boris Johnson's? We have a few plain purple ties in stock. Take your pick...

Plain Purple Silk Tie

Plain Purple Tie with Diagonal Weave

Plain Purple Satin Tie

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