Alan Flusser wrote in 1985 that proportions dictate that a man's (single breasted - DBs take wider) jacket lapels should be slightly narrower than the width of his chest from collar to shoulder line, or about 3 1/2" (9 cm), and that his necktie whould be slightly narrower than his lapel (3 1/4" or 8 cm). The proportions of broader men require somewhat larger dimensions.
Over the years of course neckties in particular have varied in width from 2" to 5" (5 cm to 13 cm), as witnessed by then best dressed A. J. Drexel Biddle's narrow necktie and somewhat overly large lapels of fifty years ago in the photograph. And the strangeness of this look to our eyes only goes to demonstrate the point.
Keep things in proportion.
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Funnily enough just this weekend I tossed about six American sourced ties into my wife's thrift store bag that dated from the late 80's because they were a bit too wide. Since I have European sourced ties of the same vintage that are ok it must have been an American peculiarity of styling.
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