Malcolm Turnbull’s policies may not be to everyone’s taste, but one thing he does know inside out is how to dress.

The Prime Minister has a signature polished look: A tailored, mid-blue suit, often from Sydney boutique Canali, worn with white shirt and tie.

“It is a handmade suit, not bespoke but from an exclusive range,” a Canali staffer told The New Daily about the PM’s threads.

What is also exclusive is Mr Turnbull’s taste in ties. And in 2018, he’s settled on a particular standout fashionable look.

While he’s dabbled with a pink tie (to meet Donald Trump in Washington), a blue one (public handshake with Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe in Tokyo) and a yellow look (greeting New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern in Sydney), Mr Turnbull is increasingly loyal to out-there orange.

Orange!

While his orange ties have different textures, patterns and shades, he is a fan of those from posh French house, Hermès, where silk twill ties sell for about $310.

“Orange is definitely the signature colour for our house so it’s quite popular for our customers,” a spokesperson from the Hermès boutique in Melbourne’s Collins St said.

“As to why Mr Turnbull chooses to wear it, that would depend on his personal style.”

The Prime Minister, 63, is indiscriminate about when he sports his now-favourite look: it’s his go-to on the road, in Parliament, meeting world leaders or at sporting events.

He kick-started the year with an orange tie when he took selfies with fans and cheered on the Australian cricket team at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 6.

Showcasing a pink number at Jane McGrath Day at the SCG on January 6. Photo: Getty

Weeks later, he was in the blue suit/orange tie combination to ride the Tokyo subway, then on January 22, he made an announcement about Queensland reefs in the lucky tie.

On February 13, the look was his personal armour as he sat next to a beleaguered Barnaby Joyce during a difficult Question Time.

The orange tie was in Mr Turnbull’s luggage when he went to Washington in February, was showcased in photos of Michael McCormack’s installation as National Party leader, then found itself front and centre in western Sydney at a jobs deal announcement in March.

Mr Turnbull cracked it out again at the Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane, at the ASEAN summit, and to meet pensioners at a Canberra coffee shop and Myanmar state counsellor, a position akin to prime minister, Ang San Suu Kyi.

What to wear for both a press conference to unleash on Russia, expelling diplomats amid March’s spy poisoning row, and for Mr Turnbull to play Lego and colour in with children in Sydney in April? The orange tie.

Facing troops at Brisbane’s Gallipoli Barracks on March 14. Photo: Getty

So, while a red tie is a traditional symbol of power and confidence and blue is communication, what does an orange tie say about a gent?

“It means he’s intelligent and prepared to take risks,” former Chanel general manager Ian Clark told The New Daily. “He wants to be individual.”

According to website Tie-A-Tie, it is “sometimes called the happy colour”. Executive Style says an orange tie represents “vibrancy, creativity” but also egocentricity and dominance. Men wear them, it said, to show “enthusiasm and energy”.

Orange is traditionally the colour of intelligence, Kirstie Clements, former Vogue editor-in-chief, said. “So it might be a secret message. And it’s a good juxtaposition against blue. Red is terrible. Orange is much more palatable.”

The Canali staffer said Mr Turnbull’s taste is mostly innate: “He’s on trend. When he comes here we pick some things for him and he chooses whatever he wants. Mainly his wife advises him.”

A personal stylist at David Jones’ flagship Elizabeth Street store in Sydney said an orange tie sends the message that its wearer is “edgy, quirky, daring, bold, and not too serious but still has authority.”

The Prime Minister “has always been a snappy dresser”, Sebastian Giacobello, from Melbourne’s American Tailors, told The New Daily.

“The blue suit has been flavour of the month for the last couple of years, especially the mid-blue, and his suits are well cut. He wears a certain level of quality.

“But the orange tie – it’s an individual choice, and Mr Turnbull has done that fashionwise from day one. He’s got a bit of flair and he carries it well,” said Mr Giacobello.

“He’s less artificial than Tony Abbott, who never had a good suit in his life until he became prime minister.”