| It's easier to select a necktie to go with a plain blue shirt than one with checks or stripes. |
| In his prime, Jones seldom played in anything less formal than a dress shirt and necktie. |
| Steve Martin, incidentally, isn't wearing a bow-tie but is wearing a proper formal cravat as opposed to a black necktie out of the sock drawer. |
| It was all too formal for me, because of its crisp white dress shirt, black trousers, diagonally-striped, maroon necktie, and black jacket. |
| When our leader tells us we are going to war, we should be paying attention to his reasons, not his necktie. |
| Like the loosening of a necktie, it signaled a relaxation into informality at the end of a meal. |
