Masculine and feminine neckwear came together in perfect symbiosis at the Dior Homme fall 2015 collection last weekend, where models wore skinny, silky neckties and smart knotted bowties layered with ornate, metal pendants. The doubled evening accessories were balanced out with casual denim suiting, sneakers, and baseball caps, showing exactly how to pull off a decorated neck without it feeling overdone. Wearing a necklace over a tie—one that falls like a jewel at the breastbone, just under the silky knot—gives it a princely air; we imagine it’s what Diane Keaton would wear to be knighted (and shouldn’t she be?). It’s the perfect way to make a necktie feel less buttoned-up and more part of a pretty, shirt-based tableau.
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