Crossover ties:

[chucklehead]

What is the purpose & use of Crossover ties?

 

[chucklehead]

dont make me ask andy

 

[Orgetorix]

To grace the necks of female flight attendants?

 

[Feraud]

To grace the necks of female flight attendants?

lol I was just thinking that!

 

[chucklehead]

To grace the necks of female flight attendants?

you mean uniformed crew memebers

 

[Orgetorix]

Is that what they're calling them these days? I thought I was being PC by not using the term "stewardesses."

 

[Tomasso]

What is the purpose & use of Crossover ties?

I wore one from kindergarten through 3rd grade (4th grade and up wore long ties) as part of a school uniform in the 60's. I've seen them worn occasionally at Black Tie events, usually by older well dressed European gents like Ahmet Urtegun. I bought one a decade ago, from Sulka, for such use but have yet to actually wear it.

BTW, I recall seeing 50's photos of entertainers like Elvis and Johnny Cash sporting them with suits.

 

[BJBAmerica]

I know Elvis wore one in 1960 on the "Frank Sinatra/Timex - Welcome Home Elvis" show.....Here are a couple of shots. Looks kinda cool, IMO:

 

[chucklehead]

I know Elvis wore one in 1960 on the "Frank Sinatra/Timex - Welcome Home Elvis" show.....Here are a couple of shots. Looks kinda cool, IMO:

big thanks for the pix! i was looking for example's men wearing them!

so now I can wear one!

I'll probably have to carry those pics around to convince them that its okay.

 

[BJBAmerica]

Pleasure Chucklehead.....I think the crossover ties look pretty swanky....Still formal yet with a bit of panache that not over the top or trendy.

 

[redtag]

I don't think many people (as in many) wear that this days. If your plan is to grab too much attention then you are probably doing the right thing. Then again, I think crossover tie isn't trendy nowadays.

 

[Richard Warren]

Unless you're Elvis, Trini Lopez, or Porter Waggoner, and its 1965, I would recommend against it.

 

[scottyrocks]

I wore one from kindergarten through 3rd grade (4th grade and up wore long ties) as part of a school uniform in the 60's.

They were part of our Tuesday assembly day activities in the '60s, and my school currently has them as a uniform option. I think the main reason for them is that they are so simple to put on, and they dont hang into your ravioli at lunch.

 

[Widebrim]

I've seen them worn occasionally at Black Tie events, usually by older well dressed European gents like Ahmet Urtegun.

Ahmet Urtegun is Turkish, not European...But to stick with the topic, I have never seen them worn by anyone but school kids and flight attendants (that is the proper term, which my American Airlines, former TWA stewardess sister uses).