Show us your TIES

[Widebrim]

^^Love that high heel one!

 

[dh66]

Nice selections Widebrim and Tommy. The high heel one is nice. Subtle yet refined
Q.B. the Peter Max tie is definately one I'd hang on to. True pop culture history. Who knows, your kids might make a fortune off it one day.

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[Nick D]

Some recent buys

Two Palm Beach ties. The burgundy one is Beau Brummel and has a $1 price tag.

Wembley

Three unmarked

Richley. This one I bought for the fabric. Very odd nubby rayon.

 

[dh66]

Nice. I really like the nubby one.

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[jamespowers]

Wearing this today; picked it up at a Goodwill amongst a bunch of '40s-'50s neckties:



A Fashion Craft Cravat, originally sold by The Bon Marche' store. c.Mid-'50s (3" wide), it's sort of a peach color with a hand-painted motif, and feels like acetate. Really great condition, and a keeper for me.

It would be perfect if it was one inch wider.

 

[Widebrim]

^^Even though I love it this width (3" is considered the best width proportionately), it would also look great 1" wider...

 

[Widebrim]

Some recent buys

Wembley

Oh, that is a sweet Wembley, and it's got the old company symbol.

 

[Kahuna]

After another long dry spell I finally came across a couple nice ones today. I'm not sure if the musical themed one originally had that worn out paint look or if it just got that way through years of use.

 

[Two Types]

Nick: the pink and blue one is rather nice.

 

[Annixter]

Widebrim, nice find. From my computer screen, it looks like the raised design is carved out of sandstone or something.

Tommy, I like them both. I wonder how many wearers of that tie design got into confrontations after misinterpreting people when they called out heel?

 

[Annixter]

Mine for the day:

 

[Widebrim]

^^Nice. Any labels?

 

[jamespowers]

it would also look great 1" wider...

Of course it would! That would be the width at the widest part so the taper would make it much less in the gorge of the jacket. That is where the width counts.

 

[jamespowers]

After another long dry spell I finally came across a couple nice ones today. I'm not sure if the musical themed one originally had that worn out paint look or if it just got that way through years of use.

Superb one on the left there. I'll take one of every color combination you have. The one on the right got that way from dry cleaning. Painted ties like that cannot stand much of that. Don't ask me how I know. :doh:

 

[jamespowers]

Mine for the day:

Both of those are winners. The one on the right is a little thin for me but it would work fine. Looks like something Towncraft was offering back then. When they had ties worth buying.

 

[Widebrim]

Of course it would! That would be the width at the widest part so the taper would make it much less in the gorge of the jacket. That is where the width counts.

But it also depends on the width of the lapels; with thinner lapels, the thinner width is better. 3" is considered the most aesthetically balanced, but wider can be pleasing, too.

 

[jamespowers]

But it also depends on the width of the lapels; with thinner lapels, the thinner width is better. 3" is considered the most aesthetically balanced, but wider can be pleasing, too.

I don't wear thinner lapel jackets. Those are robes not jackets.

 

[Widebrim]

I don't wear thinner lapel jackets. Those are robes not jackets.

Oh, it is to laugh...And I've seen your smoking jacket...

 

[jamespowers]

And I've seen your smoking jacket...

And even it has wide lapels.

 

[Annixter]

^^Nice. Any labels?

The left is my one and only Van Heusen, and the right has no labels or marking. If only Van Heusen still made ties like that.

Both of those are winners. The one on the right is a little thin for me but it would work fine.

It's one of my skinniest ties, but the pattern and brocade are too good to pass up. I imagine it will be on the selling block once my collection gets large enough to where I can bring myself to sell/trade any.