Quote Originally Posted by arrg-isle View Post
The upshot being that the only style of tie I've found that doesn't "bury" the collar entirely (making it look like a collarless shirt), is the old 50's-style super-skinny necktie . . and even then, it tends to drift around, and look somewhat "wrong"!
Even though it would meet your skinny enough criterium, I guess a rattlesnake head western bolo tie would probably not be deemed formal enough?