It wasn’t long ago that bows were inescapable. They were affixed to dresses, tied back hair, and even adorned homewear. They were the mascot of the coquettish “girlhood” trend. Now, it seems, we’re finally ready to move on.
Celebrities are trading the saccharine styles in for something more masculine, more businesslike: neckties. The seeds were sewn early last year with the “office siren” trend, a digitally native, sexed-up take on officewear. Now, as offices are implementing actual return to office plans, it’s no surprise that takes on traditional workwear are coming down the pike.
While celebrities aren’t exactly spending 40 hours a week in cubicles, they are more than game for a good old fashioned suit and tie. In October, Justin and Hailey Bieber enjoyed a date night at LA hotspot Funke, Hailey wearing a gray double-breasted suit, white button-up, and burgundy patterned necktie from Saint Laurent’s spring 2025 collection.
Bieber, though she may be channeling her inner entrepreneur, isn’t the only stylish celebrity to give the necktie a try. Awards season has already proven itself an opportunity to try more formal masculine style. For the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival, Selena Gomez went the dapper route in a three-piece white suit from Ralph Lauren. Still, Gomez maintained femininity with the jacket’s nipped-in waist and the slim-fitting trousers that floated just above the ground. On the day of the Oscar nominations, Best Actress nominee Mikey Madison stepped out in a more traditional look, wearing a suit from The Row with a knitted silk tie from Charvet.
Ties can also be an extension of jewelry. At the 2025 Golden Globes, Ayo Edebiri paid homage to Julia Roberts’s 1990 Globes suit. Edebiri leveled up the gray Loewe suit with a matching button-up with a gold feathered tie—a step above the traditional fabric tie.
The look, like all trends, ebbs and flows. While we’ll always have Avril Lavigne’s punky take and Zendaya’s sculpted formalwear to look back on, the return to the office seems to be inspiring a whole new wave of the necktie.
