Looking to learn about how to wear a bow tie with a sweater?

Well you're in the right place!

In this bow tie style guide, I'm going to break down the following:

• Should you even wear a bow tie with a sweater?
• What's the best way to style a bow tie and a sweater?
• And 10 different bow tie sweater outfits broken down

Ready to get into this guide and learn how to make the bow tie sweater combo work for you?

Right on!

Here you can see a more conservative outfit with a black almost charcoal suit jacket with a gray v-neck sweater and a checked shirt.

The gray sweater is a neutral color, which would have matched with any suit jacket, shirt, or bow tie so it works.

The checked shirt is the loudest pattern being used in this outfit followed by the bow tie. Both garments are balanced out with the solid gray sweater and black suit jacket.

This is a good example of an easy outfit to put together and rock a bow tie with a sweater nicely.

Purple is one of my FAVORITE colors because it just has that feeling of royalty and most people I talk to can't style it thus never wear it.

Here I balance the loud purple paisley bow tie with a solid navy suit jacket, solid gray sweater, and solid white shirt.

The focal point of this outfit is clearly the bow tie front and center.

The navy of the jacket and the purple of the bow tie work very well together while the white shirt and the gray sweater are both very neutral and would've coordinated with anything.

For out first outfit breakdown we have a very stylish fall look.

You see he wears a solid maroon sweater to balance out the brown gingham shirt and the checked bow tie pattern.

The gray suit jacket is a neutral color and would've matched with anything.

That said, the gray jacket tones down the very colorful pocket square making for a very good looking bow tie sweater outfit combination.

Also if you look closely, you'll see that the sweater actually has a very subtle pattern to it making it pop only slightly... a nice touch.

This next outfit is a perfect example of wearing a sweater vest with a bow tie.

The sweater is a solid dark green on top of a white shirt, which both balance the loud pattern of the jacket and the bow tie.

You'll also notice the pocket square is a solid color also balanced against the loud jacket pattern.

The jacket was a neutral tan color on the brighter side, which pairs nicely with a dark sweater. He could've also worn a gray, navy, blue, or even maroon colored sweater and also looked solid.

Hopefully by now you're seeing a pattern developing... no pun intended!

In this outfit again, John wears a solid gray v-neck sweater with a white shirt. That gives him some space to be a little bit more "loud" with the bow tie pattern and the pocket square.

The gray sweater is a neutral color and would pair nicely with just about any color shirt or suit jacket.

In this case, John went with maroon, which looks great!

Here's an outfit where John opted for a dark navy sweater and a white shirt underneath.

Again, very balanced against the loud pattern of the suit jacket.

You'll also notice that the bow tie has only a very subtle pattern here with a neutral brown coloring.

All the colors used in this outfit (except the shirt) are more toned down and dark matching nicely for a fall/winter outfit look.

For our final bow tie sweater outfit combination, you'll see that same green sweater vest, but paired this time with a solid navy jacket and a patterned shirt.

You'll notice John didn't add a pattern to his suit jacket as that would've been a bit over the top and too loud as an outfit.

The bow tie itself is brown almost orange, a neutral coloring, making it a nice pick for the outfit.

I would say that the focal point of this outfit is actually not the bow tie, but is the loud patterned shirt underneath the sweater vest and/or the pocket square which stands out quite a bit against that jacket.