Any chance of a picture? It's certainly a pattern with longevity. My tie is a modern, and if I am honest, slightly showy, Italian take on it, but I like it.
Something a little more contemporary today, mainly to show off my new tie, a St Valentine's present from my wife.
Blue hopsack suit, T.M.Lewin
Cream shirt, Hawes & Curtis
Plaid silk tie, Altea of Milan
Red box cloth braces, Albert Thurston
Lemon silk pocket handkerchief, Turnbull & Asser...
Many thanks, Patrick. I was thinking it might be a bit busy? I am considering a plain shirt and darker pocket square next time. The stripe in the shirt is, as per your first surmise, blue. It is an old collar-attached shirt which began to wear out, so I had the collar taken off.
To Mass this morning: Oxford grey serge d/b jacket with wide peaked lapels, striped trousers, white tunic shirt, point collar, narrow gold satin tie, pearl pin, gold sunburst cuflinks, black hose, chisel-toe Oxfords, also black, black Stetson homburg.
Having set aside the ones I want, I am currently disposing of the remains of a job lot of vintage semi-stiff turndown detachable collars, in straightpoint and spearpoint styles in sizes 14 1/2", 16 1/2" and 17". The appear to be new old stock and conditiom varies according to how they were...
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For your consideration I am offering a nice pair of white metal snap cufflinks wirh Mother of Pearl centres surrounded by narrow green celluloid borders, plus some odd MoP cufflinks. Should you take the...
It would be physically possible, depending upon the width of the spread but aesthetically might not work so well. I fairly seldom wear mine simply because my wardrobe is dominated by spread collar shirts and I felt my essays into collar bar wearing with these didn't quite come off.
Auctioning two pairs of handsome vintage enamel cufflinks:
10% discount off final selling price for forum members
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-pairs-Vintage-Art-Deco-1930s-ENAMEL-CUFFLINKS-red-black-black-on-copper-/390720019267?pt=UK_Vintage_Accessories&hash=item5af8ba5b43
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