Tie Me Up ; When It Comes to Premium Ties, Two Names Are Neck and Neck: The Parisian Brand Charvet and Britain's Legendary Turnbull Asser. So, Asks James Delingpole, Which Label Will You Be Wearing in 2007?

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Jamie Oliver may know a thing or two about cooking, but when it comes to style he's still got a lot to learn. Last year, he turned up at Buckingham Palace to collect his MBE dressed in an open- necked shirt. The Queen took it all in her stride but designer Alexander McQueen was appalled. 'Jamie should at least have worn a tie,' he said. 'Whether ties are in or out, it just looks better.' And McQueen is right. Ties may not be as popular in Britain as they were 50, or even 20, years ago. Indeed, in the last decade alone, the proportion of upmarket male workers buying ties has declined from 70 per cent to 56 per cent.

But just because all the other lemmings are jumping over the cliff doesn't mean that everyone has to. Even now, 20 million ties in Britain are sold every year.

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Tie Me Up ; When It Comes to Premium Ties, Two Names Are Neck and Neck: The Parisian Brand Charvet and Britain's Legendary Turnbull Asser. So, Asks James Delingpole, Which Label Will You Be Wearing in 2007?

And as the doormen in London's gentlemen's clubs still gamely insist (even as the world's sartorial standards collapse around their ears), a chap simply isn't properly dressed if he isn't wearing a tie.

But why? Isn't the tie just a hangover fr...

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