When your dad is running around in jeans and a T-shirt, you want to look different.

Just about anyone can put a solid color tie with a patterned shirt, or vice-versa, but the ability to put patterns together in a harmonized way results in a much more sophisticated and contemporary look.

I think this is the biggest disservice to middle-aged men. A lot of them used to look dignified, and now they look like rumpled old men.

He’s been a real shot in the arm for the tie business.

The tie business went into the doldrums in the mid-1990s. Now there is definitely a dress-up trend among younger consumers.