club tie

He has sported an amber-and-black club tie at the Downing Street podium - as well as namedropping his favourite team live on national TV.

After his victory, with Perry still in the bath, a club tie was left draped over his chair rather than presented in person.

Eventually, he was able to afford to buy a gold club tie there for $5, and wore it to his junior prom.

Filling a former staff bedroom, it is a kind of autobiography of the artist’s life up to that point: a room jammed with artwork and objects from his childhood, like his 4-H club tie and cap, and the accouterments of his mother’s occupation as a decorator of state-fair booths.

The tie used to be a powerful signifier of social status - the regimental tie, the club tie and, above all, the old school tie were all used as symbols of authority and belonging, and as a subtle way of excluding those who did not belong.