Tie clips

Tie-pin in silver or gold?

Unlike gold or silver earrings that are constantly in touch with your skin, there really are no health concerns in the wearing of tie-pins. Of course gold and silver are popular precious metals so we have made a carefully tasteful selection of sterling silver pieces from the Danish Nordahl Anderson designer collection.

What is the proper tie-pin width?

Tie-pins are small and should never be wider than the actual tie it is holding in place. A good rule of thumb is that they do not surpass three quarters of the tie's width. The illustration below shows you the difference it makes.

Some tie-pin tips

• Tie-pins have two ways of locking your tie into place on your shirt: a crocodile clip or a slide-on clip.
• Its always preferable to wear matching accessories so, for example, if your wrist watch has a silver-coloured casing both your tie-pin and cufflinks should also be predominantly silver.
• Crocodile clips are made to stay in place but you should consider a slip on tie-pin for more expensive ties.