My name is Tom, and I sometimes wear a bow t OOPS wrong meeting!

I remember my grandfather wearing bow ties when I was a kid. He was a professor of Chemistry at William & Mary for almost his entire adult life, and a common tie would present its own dangers in a Chemistry lab. When he wore a conventional necktie, it was often a tartan (Armstrong).

I've worn regular ties for job interviews, but the last dinner that saw me wearing a tie saw me wearing one of my grandfather's old bow ties. I plan to obtain a tie in the Armstrong tartan soon, as that annual dinner is approaching. It's not a formal affair, so a kilt like a dark gray UK Mocker will serve nicely, with a solid pale blue or white shirt and the aforementioned tie, without jacket, will be just the sort of fashion "don't" folks expect from me.