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Pink Ties Pink Pocket Squares & Matching Your Bride - Necktie & Style Accessory Tips
Hi! I'm Antonio Centeno, the founder of Real Men Real Style. Today, we're going to be talking
about pink ties, pink pocket squares, and matching the bride.
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This is the question that came in. I've got a gentleman from India and he's saying, "Antonio,
today I thought to ask you about a decision I have to make in buying a suit. I have to
wear it with a pink or a hot pink long tie and matching pocket square as it's going to
match my future wife's dress. I already have a black lounge suit and a black tuxedo in
my small collection. So my question is should I go for a lighter colored suit to be worn
during the daytime, which is when our wedding is going to take place? I would appreciate
any information and what you think of me using the color pink."
I decided to provide a visual here. You can see I've got a pink tie on with a pink pocket
square. Actually, I would almost never wear this combination and the reason being first
off is you never want to exactly match your tie with your pocket square because what I've
got here is your eye is almost being drawn to both of these. And if you look at it, I
don't know how it's going to appear on your screen, but to me, this area right here and
this area right here, it's almost drawing too much attention because at the end of the
day, these are accessories. They are not the main part. This is the main part and this
is where you want people focused.
Now, this gentleman, he's very dark complected. I don't know exactly where he's at in India,
but he has black hair, he has darker skin, and he wants everything focused here, not
people focused on the tie. And that's what people are going to be focused on because
I don't know what type of dress or a Sari she's going to be wearing, but it's going
to be magnified by just how loud these accessories are going to be.
So watch, I'll take this out, put this over here. And so, all of a sudden, this is even
more magnified. My suggestion is not to exactly match the bride. I think matching in weddings
actually is something that we should get away from and instead complement the bride. What
I mean by complement is, if you can imagine matching, it's kind of like addition. You
take one and one and you get two, but when you complement, it's like multiplication.
So instead of two and two equaling four -- actually, that's not a good example -- two and three
equaling five, two times three actually is larger and it equals six.
So for me, complementing is where you actually multiply. You do more than just add. You expound
on that. You get my point. You can do that by actually doing more with less, so look
for a tie, and there's a whole selection of wedding ties out there, but look for something
maybe with a little bit of a pink undertone or look for other colors in your wife's dress.
I guess what I'm going to say, sir, is matching in weddings, it just looks too contrived.
It looks like too planned because at the end of the day, you want of course to have a great
time, but you should pay attention to your clothing. Do a lot of the upfront, making
sure everything works well, and then wear it and be able to forget about it.
But when you wear all this matching stuff, it almost spreads throughout the wedding,
so all of a sudden, you have to look at the other people involved in the wedding and the
bride starts to wonder, "Oh, are they all matching?" If you complement, then you can
lay out a set of base rules. Everyone needs to wear a dark colored suit and all of the
women involved in the wedding need to wear a light colored with one of these colors because
we all want it to go well together. And yes, you may have some people who may go off a
bit, but always in my opinion when everyone is complementing each other, it always looks
better than matching.
Hopefully that gave you a little bit of insight. I know there were some other questions. So
what would I suggest, again, looking for a tie that isn't going to suck up so much attention
as this tie is right here. Look for something that is a bit more muted, perhaps has pink
undertones in it. That way, you can still wear your dark suit. I'm not thinking that
you need to go get a light colored suit. Even though it's during the day, it is a wedding
and it's a formal event. Don't wear your tuxedo. That's more evening wear. Instead, go for
the dark suit.
You're also in India. I know it can probably be pretty hot there. Air conditioning isn't
available everywhere. If it's indoors, that's great and you can wear anything. If it's outdoors,
then you're going to want to think about possibly getting a vented jacket or something that
is unlined or making sure that everything next to your body is set up so that you can
sweat and it's not going to be too bad because you'll probably be sweating if it's outdoors
and in the summer in India.
Okay. Hopefully that answered some question. I will see you guys in the next video. Bye-bye.