Thread: Bow Ties

Thanx! Yea, I needed that link too. I've seen them go for $50 around here. My wife is cool with it, so perhaps I'll have even less of a challenge. I've actually been told that bow ties should actually be more formal wear than a regular tie.

I will probably get one from this page/site too.

http://www.bows-n-ties.com/casual-bowties.php

On the website you provided the ties are sometimes described as "self-tie". That means I tie them right? I don't want anything that is already tied.

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

On the website you provided the ties are sometimes described as "self-tie". That means I tie them right? I don't want anything that is already tied.

You are correct. If you're going to do it, do it right. None of this pretied shtuff...

Thanx. I ordered two from the website you suggested. Funny how something unique can bring some excitment back into your life.

Outstanding. I have no affiliation with the website, but have a few of their ties and find them quite nice for the price. I'd love to see what you ended up getting, and hear how you like them...

I think bow ties look best when worn one of those cool looking old hats like they wore in the 50's and earlier.

My own personal opinion is to reserve the bow tie for formal occassions. As much as I have a liking for them myself, a longer necktie using a half windsor knot looks better for conservative daily wear.
However, I avoid any and all tie wearing as much as possible, as I live in a climate that makes it damned uncomfortable to wear them much of the year.


Mick


P.S I do find the picture of Winston Churchill amusing and clownish. Frank Sinatra and James Bond (in Pierce Brosnan form) pull off the look quite successfully though.

I am a bow-tie man, and what you will hear very often is not "clownish" but that it will make you look well-dressed, dapper, and stand-out from the boring old Windsor corporate drones.

I agree that you don't want the elephant-ear 1970 type, but I think they will be hard to find these days... if in doubt, a blue with white dots or perhaps a subtle blue-read paisley can be very, very nice with a white shirt or university stripe and navy blazer.

Regarding the impression it makes, John Molloy in his research for Dress for Success, found that many people will not trust a man in a bow tie. Of course the book was written in the mid twentieth century. I have no idea how public opinions may have changed since then.

Originally Posted by leadduck

Regarding the impression it makes, John Molloy in his research for Dress for Success, found that many people will not trust a man in a bow tie. Of course the book was written in the mid twentieth century. I have no idea how public opinions may have changed since then.

I like to think the death of door-to-door salesmen has ended that trend.