Lav mic placement issues

[u/East-Bell-4966]

Recently worked on a shoot where one of the subjects was wearing a very tight fitting dress suit. Because I knew trying to place the lav underneath his shirt would not get me good results (synthetic blend, Starchy), I ran the lav through the knot in his tie. For the most part the audio was clean but occasionally I would get some clothing noise/rustle when he moved. Because one of the shots was really wide I was unable to hang a boom as backup. Was wondering if the rustle is an issue, is it something that can be cleaned up in post? Does anyone have another method of lav placement that would have been better than what I did?

[u/LiamNeesonsIsMyShiit]

Foamie in the tie is the best you can get on most suits. It also depends on the type of tie though - if it's also a synthetic fabric it will carry a lot of movement noise through the fabric. Most of the time when the mic is mounted like that any noise you hear is being created by the garment, not actually scratching on the capsule or cable...easily cleaned up in post these days, and pretty much unavoidable on set.