Famous saying and aphorisms

“With a formal dress and a white tie, even an exchange broker looks civil.” – Oscar Wilde

A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.” Arthur Bloch

 

“Elegance ceases to exist if you notice it.” Jean Cocteau

 

“Personally, if someone had told me that a similar tie suited me, regardless of his age or gender, I would have stood up and given him a punch on the head.” P.G. Wodehouse

 

“A tie well- knotted, is the first serious step in life.” Oscar Wilde in The Importance of Being Ernest

 

“I pay particular attention to my tie, it is the real sign of elegance. I spend hours getting it to look as though I’ve tied it in a hurry.” Anonymous Frenchman about 1820

 

“A useful garment, like a waistcoat for example, is insignificant for the sole reason that it is useful. Modern man has at his disposition only one accessory which allows him to reveal his view of the world, to signal his existence: his tie”.  Alberto Moravia

 

“Creating harmony between objects of  bad taste: that’s the height of elegance.”  Jean Gènet

 

“Elegance doesn’t mean being noticed, but being remembered.” Giorgio Armani

 

“We’re going to have a baby!”

“You’re joking!”

“No, the doctor told me. It will be my Christmas present to you”

“But a tie would have been enough”

Woody Allen

 

“Tell any man that you like his tie and you will see his personality open like a flower.”

Countess Mara (stylist)