Of course, the one downside to wearing a bow tie is that there is a lot of chest/stomach left only covered with a shirt. On a thin man that is not too bad, but on someone who is more 'man-sized' there can be a lot of belly on display. The way round is to wear a waist coat or V necked jumper to break up the vastness - ideally 5 button plus.

The knitted V necked jumper has its own minefield. Anything other than a plain weave and the wearer looks like a wartime or 50's refugee.

Regards

Chas