Do you hate suits too?

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It helps to keep them from being too tight. The real secret of that is to select your dress shirts a neck size or two larger so that they aren't so tight and then adjust the tie to the tightness you wish. If you dress shirts have a tight neck size, then it doesn't matter how you do your tie -- it will be too tight.

There is another option -- grow a beard. A big beard. Big enough to hide your collar so much that it isn't at all obvious just how much too big your collar is.

For example, if you pay attention to the collar of the fellow in this picture, it is rather loose. That tie is not uncomfortably tight.

When I was younger I used to think suits were so cool and made you look like a classy businessman, and I couldn't wait to get a job where you wore one every day. Fast forward, now I work for a huge household-name company, and I was amazed to find that there is no dress code whatsoever. You see VPs turning up in shorts and Hawaiian shirts, etc.

Once or twice a year we have an optional 'fun event' called Formal Friday, where the whole department wears a suit to work. It looks nice and all, and although I don't like real fancy dress, I don't see this as that because it's just normal work clothes. Last time we did this it was 30 degrees C and the commute on a packed bus was a sweaty, asphyxiating nightmare. I felt for the people who are obligated to dress like this every day. I'm now grateful I can turn up to work in whatever clothes I like, despite it being a competitive, sometimes stressful office environment of a worldwide company. It's a huge plus point of my employer and matters so much more than I could have imagined.

The problem is not the collar tightness. It is solely the tie that bugs me.

What bugs you about the tie?

If ties bother you, have you ever considered a bolo tie, the State Tie of Texas?

Sorry, I am not a fan of the favorite tie of Temple Grandin, I would rather wear the Colonel Sanders kind. xD

Indeed.

I only wear regular kind of ties. Obviously, you can't wear ties with most blouses, but, I have a couple for the shirts they can be worn with. Just regular silk ties, my favorite one has a Ravenclaw crest (from Harry Potter). I can't stand too much texture, so, silk only.

I'm not a fan of suits but in my job, I can get away with wearing a dress shirt without a tie and suit trousers and I think that's a decent compromise.

I hated suits for a long time, and I prefer not to wear them, but the best advice is go to a menswear store and pay for quality that looks good and fits you properly. The least expensive shirt a menswear store carries should feel better against the skin than what you find in most department stores.

It costs more, but you usually don't end up with something you can't stand to put on. The quality of the material does make a difference.

When I got my first job that required suits with long sleeve shirts and ties, Ioved it.

With the long sleeves, nobody could see the "brand" on my arm caused by falling on top of red hot metal when I was about 9 years old. Even at 25, it was still bright red.

For what it's worth, my primary choice for dress suit is a western style suit with a bolo tie and cowboy boots. When I moved to Houston years ago, all I had was western suits.

Some people thought they weren't quite fashionable but seemed to think that they went well with my personality.

I'm lucky in that work clothing is supplied (and laundered!) by both of my employers.
I don't get the opportunity to suit up very often and when I do I'm blown away with a major confidence boost at how smart I look in a suit!