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Category: Bow-ties

  • His last bow

    With this, I reach the end of my collection. Henceforth, I may post when I wear a new tie, but not every day. I will also be giving prizes to the best and worst tie makers

  • Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge

        With these floral ties, we can detect a longing for spring. Also, in the case of the seond, I was bound for a poetry reading.  

  • Wednesday’s and Thursday’s ties

    No bow tie but the black funeral tie, which you have already seen, on Friday, so here are the last two ties of the week just gone

  • My father’s tie

    I inherited this tie from my father. Its rectangular ends are unusual; for no very good reason I associate this style with America. I inherited few ties from him. For work he relied on a BMA tie or his Downing tie which struck the right notes of medical gravitas. In his wardrobe there was a…

  • A Liberty tie

    I rarely wear this one, indeed thought it might have been a sartorial error, but I think it has a place. My photography gets even worse   I ought to tell you, dear reader, where these pictures are taken. Generally I take the #tieoftheday photograph either at home before setting out, or at Seaford station,…

  • Two ties to end the week

    Continuing the bow-tie theme here’s one by Hackett and one by Truefitt & Hill. Can you tell which is which? For no extra charge, I include a scarf. On the train home, the ensemble with the scarf, finished off with a pair of red corduroy trousers out of shot, prompted a perceptive young woman, who…

  • First tie of 2011

    The renaissance of #tieoftheday, and hence of this blog, is explained by the fact that in the exercise that ended in redundancy last summer I didn't get round to wearing bow ties. I have now resolved to wear nothing but until all have been shown to the world. For my first day back, I chose…

  • The last tie of 2010

    This, by Turnbull and Asser, will be the last tie of 2010, for I finish work this evening. I hope I have provided some amusement. I will press on with the bow-tie phase of the project in the new year. I wish you all a peaceful and happy Christmas and New Year

  • Another bow

    This is a Liberty one; I seem to have caught the cravatomancy bug. I cannot wait to wear the last one in my collection because, obviously, I would have to call it HIs Last Bow. Ho ho ho. However, tomorrow is my last day at work until the new year, so my hommage to Conan…

  • The return of tie of the day

    In honour of the Research and Development party this evening, I put on a bow-tie. I excluded bows from this summer's #tieoftheday project, but I have several, including some that were my father's and I am tempted to wear them, and, naturally, record the results. Not everyone can carry them off. My father certainly could,…

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