Of all the Air Force uniform combinations....the one I hated with passion for 22 years....was the blues-with-a-tie-but-no-jacket combination.
In this combo.....you had the shirt buttoned to the top....a tie worn, and the tie had to reaching the belt, but not extending past the belt bottom.
So I never learned the art of tying a tie until after I left the Air Force. This meant a 'clip-on'.....and the stupid tie never reached belt top (I'm a tall guy). So this once-to-twice a year situation....meant I had to wear the jacket.
I noticed this past week....the CMSgt of the Air Force....got written up for a photo op....where he wore the blue combo shirt, with the tie about one inch above the belt. I'd take a guess he was wearing a clip-on.
Yeah, it's a stupid fashion 'rule', and it simply makes people anti-tie.
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A mens tie showing a belly-gap above the belt?
The classic example is the portly 1930s actor Ollie Hardy half of the comedy team Laurel And Hardy.
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I suppose a bow-tie is also a Write-Up®?
And I suppose the haberdashery set really get sideways over polka-dots?
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