Ruche Ties

**Janner52** · 25th February 25, 03:36 PM

No from me.

**Bad Monkey** · 25th February 25, 03:38 PM

hard pass for me

**MacKenzie** · 25th February 25, 03:54 PM

Negative..

**Nathan** · 25th February 25, 04:32 PM

I am not a fan of the look. A bow tie is a much smarter look with the strength of tradition behind it. With certain doublets, a jabot and cuffs can be a nice look as well. The ruche tie was a relatively recent fad that failed, in my humble opinion.

**gsmacleod** · 25th February 25, 05:28 PM

Definite no for me; like a fly plaid, not something I will ever wear.

**Steve Ashton** · 25th February 25, 06:55 PM

The story goes that a clerk in a formal wear rental shop had a lot of ascots left over from back when and no one was renting them anymore.
So he tied an ascot into a 4-in-hand knot and called it a Ruche tie.

Ruche - defined by the Oxford Dictionary is - a strip of pleated or frilled lawn, lace, etc, used to decorate blouses, dresses, etc, or worn around the neck like a small ruff as in the 16th century

**Macman** · 25th February 25, 11:01 PM

Never worn one, never will. I'll stick to a bow tie.

GG · 26th February 25, 02:07 AM

Except for black-tie and white-tie events, hardly any men will wear a tie anymore, not even lawyers, bankers, and top Level management - at least not i Scandinavia.

**Pleater** · 27th February 25, 08:27 AM

Ruche ties were supplied as part of the wedding hire for my son's wedding, in the 2000's but they were not something I has seen before.

I was sent to work in an office - back in the 1970s and found that it had not yet joined the post Victorian era.

At the induction meeting I was handed the official secrets act to sign and the office dress code - suit and tie. I wasn't sure if they were serious about it or just seeing what I'd do. I had come across ex marines and learned of their strange sense of humour in my teens. It was only for 4 days in the Dockyard - they could have said wear what you usually go to work in, but they didn't. Right then - they had their chance.

I had a dark blue trouser suit, with waistcoat and midi length jacket - due to the length of the trousers I needed the patent leather platform boots, and I borrowed a shirt and tie from one of the boys in the band - purple satin shirt and psychedelic patterned cravat.
I'm sure that there must have been snails looking less astonished on that Tuesday morning.

Anne the Pleater