Off the Cuff: Socks; Ties; Scarves; and Value

It's our busy season at work, but we thought we should drop in and mention some more miscellaneous items not worth a full post each.

•  Looking for more thoughts on building a basic tie collection after reading our take on the essentials? Put This On has you covered.

•  The Style Blogger provides a "simple guide to sock matching."

•  Winter is supposed to be over soon, but after a foot of snow last week we're expecting another significant snowstorm early this week...so maybe it's not too late to point out this guide to four ways to tie a scarf.

•  The Pantalones finds that the "quality versus quantity" question means different things [language NSFW] depending on your position in life and your budget.

• Finally, we ran across the following photo of William F. Buckley, Jr. via Unabashedly Prep. This blog is apolitical, but we wanted to highlight the photo because it is a great example of some simple but classic American style: crew-neck sweater, button-down, chinos, boat shoes, and watch. Crisp and clean. The neutrality of most of the outfit allows the darker watch band and boat shoes to "finish" it. (And the photo's setting is pretty sweet, too.)