Bow Ties

[creagdhubh]

I wear a bow tie perhaps 80% of the time I wear a tie. I've done so since I was in college. Funny thing, though, I rarely wear them with the kilt, except for formal events.

I have 30 or 40 bow ties. Yesterday I wore a bright red with white polka dots bow tie. I looked quite dashing, I was told!

Sandy, you and your two sons wear the bow tie very well, I must say! Some men can't pull it off, but you and your sons definitely do.

Best wishes,

[EagleJCS]

Slight thread hijack:

It starts to catch on when people want to look and act more like professionals!

Isn't it interesting how one's behavior changes when one dresses just a little bit differently (either 'up' or 'down')?


On topic:
I have a self-tie satin black bow tie to wear for formal events (a Christmas present I asked for a couple of years back as a result of one of the threads here). I also own several pre-tied bow tie/cummerbund sets purchased from one of our local formalwear shops - they have an annual sale to purge some of their merchandise and it's possible to get a decent tuxedo (albeit slightly used) for under $200. I bought them years ago before I started learning more about how to dress 'properly'. None of them are appropriate for Highland wear.

[artificer]

I have about two dozen or so that were my Great Grandfather's from the 1920's through 50's. Some are a little on the thin side for me (I'm about twice the size/mass he was) but there are some very nice bat wing and standard ones that I'll occasionally wear.

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[Lime]

I bow to you gentlemen who profess to be able to easily tie a bow. I struggle mightily every time I want to wear one. I just can't remember from one wearing to the next how I did it.

Just remember that it is basically the same as tying your shoe laces and you will be a "bowtieinado" in no time.

[usonian]

This is the video I learned from, and the one I always refer people to; nothing to it! (But so much easier to understand than trying to read illustrated instructions!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJv4Qh7zR3E

[Tobus]

As with so many other things I've seen on this board, I decided to give it the old "college try" and wore a bow tie to work today. I'm still not convinced that I can pull it off (I feel like I belong in a barbershop quartet), but what the heck. Life's too short not to try new things.



I do hear that bow ties are coming back into style. The lady at Nordstrom's (where I bought this bow tie) told me that lots of people have been buying them lately. And I'm sure Ashton Kutcher's character on Two and a Half Men is fueling the fad.

[tulloch]

Excellent job Tobus! You look great. Like kilts they are not for everyone and may never be fully 'in style.' Sets you apart. (btw: don't wear one when you commit a robbery!)

[Peter Crowe]

I wore one of my patterned bow ties (self tie) for Thanksgiving with Tweed sports jacket and flannels, after viewing this thread. I have to say I like the look with a jacket because in just shirt sleeves I feel it reminds me of the henpecked character Ike from The Waltons, an American TV show I often watched during my childhood (1970's) in Scotland.

[fluter]

When I wear a tie, it's a bow tie about 98 percent of the time.

I don't usually wear a tie to work, but when I read the original post this a.m. I was sitting at my desk wearing a nice stripe.

HeadShot-BowTie by arcturus1997, on Flickr
I wore the same tie to and from church Sunday (in church, my sub-fusc is a purple tee shirt).

I suppose I have about 16 bow ties, and a couple of black satin and white marcella ones. Most have been acquired in the last 5 years or so. There are solids, stripes, and a few patterns.

[be da veva]

There is a thread somewhere here that shows us how to make a bowtie from a regular necktie. But I don't remember who wrote it. I think it was two years ago... There was a printable pattern and easy instructions to follow.