@ Sprezzatura Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

A man is known by the collar he wears;
As a woman by her heel.
The Godfather as imagined by Mario Puzo
Or the Jay Gatsby by F. Scot Fitzgerald.
A pin under the collar like Tom Ford wears,
As men have few ways to accessorize.
Club collars and pins are a bit too edgy
For a large bank executive calling comments,
Most of the times its just enough to be fashionable.
Other collars are, spread, cut-away, high stand
Cut-away; pointed and tab. How to put a necktie?
Certain knot suits certain collar.
A pointed collar shirt with four in hand knot
Goes well in a relaxed creative line of atmosphere.
It shows you are smart and have individuality.
A double Windsor, for a formal business,
On spread collar. It fills the wide gap.
A single Windsor on a Hermes or Ferragamo tie.
A European sensibility is the slimmer shape
Small collars and narrow ties will do for men,
As everything gets slimmer even the bodies.
Thinner proportions made by Dior Homme,
Jil Sander, Neil Barret, for the narrow frames.
Fit has been the biggest change in a decade,
Extra slim fit, says Charles Tyrwhitt London.
Small collars, pin collars and penny collars
A dramatic increase as well. Winchester collar
Known as contrast collars “feel a bit too
Gordon Gekko” of “Wall Street” played
By Micheal Douglas, and not in.
For the business man today the advice is,
“Wear an appropriate sized collar and
A tailored shirt for the right occasion”
And if you are an Italian,
Sprezzatura-studied dishevelment-
Which manifests itself through a crooked necktie,
Or an unbuttoned, button-down collar, so forth.
And if you are not an Italian, so be like one,
When it comes to style, to make a statement.