There are plenty of ways to break the ice at your next holiday party. “Care for a glass of nog?” “Do you know any good carols?” “My sleigh is parked right outside.” Or you could just walk in wearing something like this...
If Bond were invited to do some caroling at M’s house, this is surely what he’d wear: a shawl-collar tux in Black Watch plaid and a single button (it’s gold, naturally). Just be careful it doesn’t clash with your kilt.
Ugly sweaters: not your thing. Sweaters with (arguably) clever wordplay: ah, now we’re getting warmer. This all-wool number from Jack Spade will keep your core temperature up, while providing an impromptu intelligence test for your fellow guests.
You liked Lincoln. You really liked it. Enough to accessorize yourself with Abe himself. These silver pennies were minted in 1943, thanks to wartime copper rationing. Fast-forward 70 years, when they were made into cufflinks. Don’t try this with your loafers.
You’re the guy everyone needs at the party. Stoking the fire, cracking the peanut brittle, making sure the punch is properly iced. How will they know who you are? Because you’re also the one in the not-so-subtle pants.
Sooner or later, you may tire of reds, greens, plaids and reindeer. We get it. Which is when you’ll turn to a bit more muted tie like this one from Band of Outsiders—a wool-and-silk blend, with a diagonal pattern of “railroad stripes.” It’s the manifest destiny of ties.
