Rubber Bowties ? But of course!

[Marc Chevalier]

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The 1880s were gaga over rubber. Goodyear rubber, that is. After all, it could be molded into any shape.


Some enterprising soul back then decided that American men needed Goodyear rubber clip-on (or rather, loop-on) bowties. What could be easier and cleaner?


Just when you thought you'd seen everything!

 

[mike]

Wow! Where did you come across this?

 

[Schofields]

i have now seen everything. amazing.

 

[Feraud]

Chevalier, you never fail to amaze! :eusa_clap

You say the 1880s were crazy over rubber. Can we assume there are other items like this? Have you encountered rubber cufflinks, beltbuckles, etc.?

 

[Creeping Past]

The original steampunk accessory.

 

[mike]

It definitely seems fetishy. Imagine that, from a repressed age! lol

 

[Feraud]

Victorian women walking around in Goodyear rubber corsets, etc. etc.?

 

[MisterGrey]

Just goes to show that bad fads have always been around, and not everything from the Golden Era is worth reviving.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

How interesting...

Relatedly, the French were using Rubber to make suspenders as early as 1803...

Having once lived in Rubber Boom land....That tie and I have been to the same places....

 

[Lone_Ranger]

Does it come in a Pirelli?

 

[skyvue]

It definitely seems fetishy. Imagine that, from a repressed age! lol

Such times are exactly when the kinks come out.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

Its less about fetishy and more about....'its the latest and greatest wonder material'

Just like when plastics came out......etc...

Every time there is a new material for things....-everything- is suddenly made in it....

At this particular time, Rubber was the latest and greatest thing....It was economy, and progress....and entire empires were built on it.

An example:

The Opera House in Manaus, Brazil. Built during the rubber boom, it's artwork was created in France and England......and opera stars came from Europe to sing.

Manaus was the 2nd city in all of Brazil to be electrified.

 

[WideBrimm]

YIKES! Ah, Yes, just think of the marketing possibilities. A free Bow Tie with every tire ! It might even start a new fad. Bow Ties with Stingys lol

 

[John in Covina]

Vintage fetish wear?

 

[The Wolf]

Make sure you puts chains on it when things get snowy.lol
They almost remind me of the high gloss leather bow ties that workers used to wear.

Sincerely,
The Wolf

 

[Chasseur]

When I first read this title all I could think of was...

 

[matrioshka]

When I first read this title all I could think of was...

Klaus Nomi. That brings back some memories.

M

 

[Absinthe_1900]

Paul Newman had an interesting bow-tie in The Long Hot Summer.

 

[Feraud]

A bump for anyone who missed this thread the first time around.
Has anyone else ever come across a vintage rubber bowtie?