Jamie Oliver may know a thing or two about cooking, but when it comes to style he's still got a lot to learn. Last year, he turned up at Buckingham Palace to collect his MBE dressed in an open-necked shirt. The Queen took it all in her stride - but designer Alexander McQueen was appalled. 'Jamie should at least have worn a tie,' he said. 'Whether ties are in or out, it just looks better.' And McQueen is right. Ties may not be as popular in Britain as they were 50, or even 20, years ago. Indeed, in the last decade alone, the proportion of upmarket male workers buying ties has ...

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