Is it acceptable to wear a tie with a short-sleeve shirt?
It’s a shame that the combination of a short-sleeve dress shirt and a tie is so widely hated! While the look doesn’t work for all men, there are many who can pull it off very well. I’m one of them. I love to let my arms show, and they look even better with a tie between them. I also wear baggy, 100% wool dress pants when I put on a short-sleeve shirt with a tie. I top everything off with gel in my hair and a mild version of the bed-head look. While I wouldn’t wear the short sleeves to a wedding or a job interview, I do intend to try to get away with it when I’ve found another job. I’ve seen other men look stylish in short-sleeve dress shirts and ties too. On my way to work, I once passed a man in his 20s with reddish blonde hair who wore khaki pants, a light green short-sleeve dress shirt and a light tan tie. I commend him for his fashion sense because the look was fantastic! In a TV commercial, the guy on the phone whose co-worker wanted to borrow his car is another example of men who
So long as it is a button-down, collared dress shirt, yes. However, it is not always acceptable to wear a short sleeved shirt and generally when it is you do not need to wear a tie, so there’s really not much of a need to wear them together unless you work at a place where that is sort of the going style (as is not too uncommon in Florida where I live).
