The simple fashion rules of wearing tie bars include clipping them straight across your front between the third and fourth button of your shirt, making sure that they cover three-fourths of the tie’s width – no more, no less – and never wearing them with buttoned-up vests as that’s redundant since vests already do a fine job of keeping your tie properly aligned and protected.
Whether you are shopping for yourself or your Dad this week, here are 15 of my first-ever nonalcoholic “bar” recommendations…. All are guaranteed to keep your cravat stain-free while simultaneously upping your style game.
Gold-Plated Crisscross Tie Bar by Brooks Brothers,$183.75
“Movember” Tie Bar by Cufflinks, Inc., $30
Hamilton Wood Tie Bar by Ernest Alexander, $30
Stainless Steel Tie Bar with Weave Etch by Hickey Freeman, $75
Brushed Stainless Steel Tie Bar by Hickey Freeman, $75
Engineered Tie Bar by J. Hilburn, $59
Cocobolo Wood Tie Clip by M-Clip, $59.95
Teal Angel Wing Tie Clip by M-Clip, $59.95
Yellow Abalone Tie Clip by M-Clip, $59.95
Anchor Tie Clip by Ox & Bull Trading Company, $45
Guitar Tie Clip by Ox & Bull Trading Company, $45
Varsity Stripes Tie Clip by Ox & Bull Trading Company, $30
Superman Tie Bar by Things Remembered, $37
Engravable Riveted Titanium Tie Clip by Things Remembered, $45
Engravable Stainless Steel Rope Edge Tie Clip by Things Remembered, $40
