Dare the Critics Alternative guys counsel… a enjoyable tie?

It’s a brand new yr, a brand new daybreak, and a brand new awards season, however ties are nonetheless very in. Yeah, we all know, we all know. Ties on a purple carpet! Fork present in kitchen, and so forth. But let’s not faux well-known guys didn’t undergo an entire part of shunning ties altogether. Followed by one other part of changing ties with all the pieces from brooches to scarves.

So yeah: ties on purple carpets. Not novel, however nonetheless fascinating. Maybe extra fascinating nonetheless is the dedication to the preppy vibe that reigned in late 2025. The likes of Adam Brody, Teyana Taylor and Henry Haber reaffirmed a dedication to the rep tie in varied shades from purple to navy (or, in Brody’s case, purple and navy).

Meanwhile, there was a barely ’80s bent floating round, too: Timothée Chalamet, who took out Best Actor for Marty Supreme, wore a black tie with neon florals beneath his navy pinstripe swimsuit. Josh Safdie, who directed him within the movie, adopted swimsuit in a grey-and-red micro geometric piece which might have been lifted from my dad’s 1987 workplace wardrobe, if my dad labored in an workplace or wore ties.

Newly-mustachioed Jacob Elordi opted for leather-based, a signature of his beloved Bottega Veneta, which helped it stand out from his black-on-black-on-black swimsuit. Michael B Jordan, in oxblood Louis Vuitton, did a delicate geometric sheen. Composer Mark Sonnenblick did pink and black in a manner that surprisingly didn’t give me flashbacks to my Year 13 formal.

Maybe it’s as a result of Jonathan Anderson’s Dior is lastly in shops and I’ve been hovering my fingers over the ‘Add To Cart’ button on a type of preppy striped ties like an addict on the brink. Or perhaps it’s as a result of we’ve all been dressing completely like Elmer Fudd over the vacation break and now suiting up for work feels kinda nice.

Either manner, ties are again entrance of thoughts greater than ever. Not just for us common guys, but in addition clearly for the well-known ones, too. And it is good to be on the identical web page, is not it?