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Twenty years ago, a suit without a tie is only used with spread collar shirt who spread on top of the suit lapel, the way Al Pacino did in the Scarface.

While its true that some unenlightened men still wears the spread collar and suit, mafia style, the preference today is more on the stand up collar, independent from lying down on the suit lapel. I’m not really sure who brought the trend up, but I’m pretty sure the likes such as George Clooney, Johny Depp and some other Hwood celebs, have reasonably significant contribution on bringing this style into its popularity.

Is more chick, trendier  and far more comfortable then wearing a tie. It’s an expression of style for a men who wish to be seen as a casual, down to earth and fun, which negates the impression of stiff and formal that a tie in knot imposed.

This style can be pretty flexible to use, casual fine dining occasions with friends and family, clubbing, or even weekend stroll in the city. A suit of style give out an easy going impression that is comfortable enough only for the wearer but also for the observer.

And whilst wearing suit without a tie can be done by almost anyone, including some of us who will have some discomfort wearing tight collar that pressing the neck, there are some informal suggestions that you can follow to ensure that this new style expression do you the proper justice you deserved.

• Ensure that your collar is stiff enough that it will stand out outside the lapel (not on top, or inside). If your shirt are one of those quality shit who has its detachable collar bone, that you will encounter no problem, just ensure that the collar bone is in place and in good condition.
• If you don’t have these kind of shirts, that the other option is to wear a button down shirt (which is informal in its roots) and its derivative. This model will ensure that your collar will always stand up independent from the lapel.
• Avoid wearing black suit when doing this style, black suit is naturally reserved for formal occasions. Hence wearing  black suit without a tie leave an impression that you just get off from some formal occasions that you are not comfortable with. Choose the usual business suit color such as navy gray (of all tone) and brown
• Don’t wear French-cuff shirt when you are utilizing this style, it’s just doesn’t work, likely due to to the contract impression that cuff link and tie less impose to each other
• Use two-button instead of three-button. The long V lapel of the two button, gives a room for the shirt to balance the color, the way the short lapel of three-button does not. For the same reasons, two button leaves your suit shape remains intact though you unbuttoned all the buttons, this will not happened with three-button
• Always leave the upper most button, of your shirt. You can open up to two upper most button of your shirt. More than that people my mistaken you as a drug dealer or a pimp. For the same reasons, leave out gold chained necklace, well except if you are Mr. Depp.
• Never, ever wear a tee inside a shirt, which will leaves an upper part of your tee peeked out from the unbutton shirt.

Well, that’s what I could think of by now, what do you reckon ?