Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
In my world, you would be shot------well, metaphorically speaking anyway------for wearing a tie loosely knotted with the top shirt button undone! We either wear the tie properly and with the top button done up, or we don't wear a tie and have the top button undone.
Back on this subject, I'm sure it doesn't help that the trend I spoke of is done even by the most visible and important people in the US. With examples like these, clearly this is considered sartorially "acceptable" here (though some of us would disapprove). This is not intended as a political commentary (and I'm showing both sides for fairness). I'm just illustrating that even our "leaders" wear this style in public when they want to be seen as casual. Both these gentlemen are usually pretty snappy dressers, but don't have any qualms about unbuttoning the top button and loosening the tie, even in front of an audience or photographers.