God, I fucking despise it when events have a dress code in "black tie" because bowties are just genuinely boring and so bland. There are also sorts of neat and fancy cool things that you do with a lounge suit, specifically when it comes to the tie choice and how you tie the knot (Windsor knots are boring as well). I'm not even that fashionable of a guy but even still, when I have to wear a tie I do like to at least put effort into a knot. It only takes 2 minutes or so (some make take longer to practice like an Eldridge knot, top left) but even still things like the Trinity Knot (genuinely one of my favored ones, the top centre) only take a small amount of time. Like I've managed to get compliments after doing the Trinity Knot and it isn't even that hard! Just go find a nice tie, learn a nice knot. But then again, most men are lazy slobs.
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But nooooo, us men are lazy and just wear clip on bowties that look awful and make the wearer look semi retarded.