silk ties

Luxurious neck accessories

Silk ties are neckties made from silk fabric, the standard accessory for formal menswear.

The term often carries connotations of wealth, corporate culture, or establishment power: the silk-tie crowd on Wall Street, a silk-tie lawyer.

Someone described as wearing silk ties is typically being marked as privileged or elite.

Related

formal · dress code · business · power suit · Wall Street · suit · lapel · pattern · paisley · striped · satin · smooth · luxurious · elegant · boardroom · power · old money · dimple

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Opposites
material quality

silk tiesplastic ties

Disposable ratcheting fasteners

burlap

formality/class signaling

silk tiesbolo ties

Cord neckwear with ornamental slide

t-shirts · work boots

construction/authenticity

silk tiesclip-ons

Accessories that grip on

costume accessories

Family

silk, ties, silks, silken, silky, silkier, silkiest, silkiness, silkworm

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G