After slimming down over the past decade, men’s ties are inching back to old form. Ties at young menswear brands were skewing skinny for the past few years, especially at J. Crew, where most of the ...

Buried on page 86 of the October J. Crew catalog is a sentence to chill the blood of any man who has shopped for clothing in the past five years: “We widened our ties by 1/4 ” to keep up with today’s ...

CHARLES AMINE, a retail consultant in New York City, wears a tie to the office every day—by choice. “I enjoy wearing a tie…when no one would expect you to,” said Mr. Amine. Lately, the 22-year-old’s ...

For the past few years, men’s ties have gotten skinnier and skinnier. Designers suddenly decided that wide, patterned ties were too reminiscent of a slimy politician or math teacher—a thinner ...

Q. I'm thinking of the knit ties you recently mentioned when I ask if summer ties are supposed to be the same width as other ties? What is the current exact width rule and what is too thin or too wide ...