Daddy did say he was going to go bold for Mardi Gras this year, and I think he succeeded in spades! What’s even funnier was that Momma took one look at him, shook her head, and declared that she couldn’t believe he pulled it off.
Today’s tie is a vintage early 1960s Oleg Cassini with an unusual (and loud) patterned stripe on a grey dress shirt. It was chilly out, so he added this vintage houndstooth sport coat to the ensemble. I’ve got to agree with Momma, I can’t believe he made it work.
Wow, I’m late in posting! Daddy wore his tie for the Tie Challenge, but I was so busy snuggling Momma (she had the flu) that I completely missed Tie Tuesday! I guess I’ll just have to call it Tie Thursday this week!
Anyway… Daddy threw me another crazy combination this week. This time it was a floral tie with a black background on a white shirt with light blue pinstripes. Even Momma was surprised at how well the combination worked! The tie has a tag on it from Flanders of Texas. I can’t find anything else out about it, but if anyone knows where Flanders was once located I’d love to know more. Based off of the tie construction I think it’s somewhere between the 1940s and 1960s, but this little pup has been known to be wrong too.
I thought I’d start the new year off right with a challenge for my Daddy (and anyone else who wants to try it too)! This year, I’m challenging Daddy to wear a different tie every Tuesday all year. That’s 52 different ties that I’ll be taking pictures of and posting here every week!
If you want to join in the fun send me your pictures and I’ll include them here on my blog for my weekly Tie One On Tuesday posts!
When I pulled this one out I wondered why I’d never seen Daddy wear this tie. Then when I measured I realized why; it’s an extra long! It’s a full 65 inches long! The last time I saw Daddy wear and extra long tie he had to do a Windsor and a Half Knot, but I digress…
This extra long tie was made by Damon for The Hub Ltd. (With a few locations in the North Carolina area. They’re still around by the way!) It’s a wide navy and tan stripe with a large tan floral stripe between the colors. It’s almost like a muted Hawaiian pattern.
It was an expensive tie back in the day, and it still sports the $7.50 price tag on the small end. Of course the little tag says its “imported texturized polyester” but the tag next to the Damon tag says “all silk”. Talk about confusion! It’s this pup’s professional opinion that it’s polyester though. There are no stains or pulls on the tie. It’s a super long 65 inches, which almost offsets the 4 inch width.
If this tie makes your tail wag like it did mine, you can get it over at my tie club on Etsy!
Sometimes you want to wear a tie, even though it’s raining. After all, why should a little tropical storm ruin for personal style? So why not save your good silk ties for a dry day and wear a nice vintage tie that was meant to be machine washable? Isn’t that what synthetic fabrics are for?
Daddy paired up this cool vintage electric blue Superba tie with a black dress shirt that has matching blue check under the collar and on the cuffs when they’re rolled up.
Daddy had fun this Valentine’s Day. The Friday before he wore this Snoopy tie to work. I wish I had a picture of the tie he wore when he took Momma out to dinner on Valentine’s Day, but they didn’t take me with them, so I never got that picture!
Daddy seems to always go for his striped Countess Mara ties when he’s not sure what to wear. This time it’s a brown, tan, and deep navy striped tie from Eddie Williams Man’s Shop in Arlington, Texas. The tie may date back to the 50s, but believe it or not, The Man’s Shop is still around!
Daddy this really neat tie today that has an interlocking geometric pattern on it that makes a bunch of little Stars of David all across the tie.I think it’s all grayscale, but Momma thinks that there’s some teal in there. Either way, I think it stood out pretty nicely on his blue shirt.
I was doing a little research on Resisto Ties and came across this gem of a quote from the owner of Resisto Ties:
“If a man’s personality is so bad he can’t express it in a necktie,
I’m not going to worry about him”– Gene Silberman, Owner of Resisto Ties
I couldn’t agree more, and I’ll be Daddy would agree too!
If you want to read the entire article, it’s available from the The Baltimore Sun, June 19, 1994
This is a really cool looking red tie with a striped pattern made of an acetone fabric. Daddy paired it up with a cream shirt (with matching red cufflinks of course) and gold toned tie bar. I couldn’t have paired it better myself!
I know some tie aficionados out there cringe at the idea of some of the non-traditional fabrics used in the 40s and 50s for neckties and would rather go with silk or wool depending on the season. Personally, I like some of the more unusual fabrics out there because I think it adds a little bit of history to the tie, as well as some good texture from time to time.
