LITTLE ROCK — Q. I’ve noted variable necktie sizes and patterns. Is the trend again toward more narrow, striped ties? Please describe current favored widths, and stripes versus plain or patterns. A.

WASHINGTON -- Necktie patterns can behave in strange and mysterious ways on television. President Bush's tie at his Tuesday news conference is a case in point. His selection, navy with small white ...

Depending on whom you ask, the necktie is either dying a slow, sad death or having a total style resurgence. Some people see it as an artifact from a time when men had to dress in the same, sad suits ...