Show us your TIES

[Widebrim]

NOT! Even thought it would not likely be on the best seller list, we still get credit.

As the literary equivalent of best boys...

 

[jamespowers]

We had been discussing (daydreaming about) putting together a book which concentrated (for one thing) more on the histories of various manufacturers. Presently available books really do not delve much into that aspect. Perhaps also include more photographs of common folk with ties from the respective periods...

Like a section on Palm Beach and their mimickers. We would need one on Cohama for sure and one for Hollyvogue for sure. I would love to have enough ties and history for a section on Andre and Joffy ties too but the subject matter makes the ties very expensive. :eyebrows:
You could then got to a section on Hut ties and their knot planned ties and their mimickers.
We could then hit Your favorite maker---Haband.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

If anyone was to make a book, from one viewpoint I think could be of interest is what the tie makers went through to keep up with the "competition" and why the trends of sizes, shapes, materials went the course it did?
It seems wide ties sort of went in a circle, and to be able to read about things of this nature from the time maker's point of view and not merely people like "us" that purchase ties and wheel and deal in them, would have to say...(just a thought or two).....

 

[LoveMyHats2]

Sorry for mis-dating the tie. It appeared to be from a much later period.

It looks wider than it is in this picture but many new ties are sort of art deco. I have learned a lot about ties from being "here" and I have even noticed ( I am positive you will say yep, right on, got it) that with real vintage ties you can feel the age in the tie most of the time, when you simply handle it. In some ways the same as how you can feel a really quality fedora from a junky one. I think the age of a tie shows at times, being worn, maybe washed/dry cleaned/ tied so many times takes a little bit out of the fabric, maybe some fade (not always but most of the time I think so), and then labels can tell you to some degree. I've been getting away from $150.00 Versace ties and getting into more true vintage but when I see some tie I like, I get greedy and will do what it takes to obtain it. I have been doing the same with cufflinks and tie bars/tacks. Just scored some nice detailed sword fish cufflinks and a tie bar, and some nice fly fishing links, vintage and in super condition. So my mind tells me, find a tie with nice colors, and that will go with the "theme" of the cufflinks/tie bars/tacks. Even am tracking a few ties with swordies on the front, and a few of the fly fishing scenes on them. I have my Wife that will watch and nail them for me if possible.

 

[jamespowers]

And the tie of the day is:

 

[Widebrim]

^^Love it. And Wembley always had some stylin' ties, even up into the early '60s.

 

[DamianM]

And the tie of the day is:

is that Liquorish?

 

[jamespowers]

^^Love it. And Wembley always had some stylin' ties, even up into the early '60s.

I am not sure about into the 60s but they sure had some nice ties before then.

 

[jamespowers]

is that Liquorish?

I am not sure if the designer even knows but it is an interesting pattern.
I think of it more as a pair of those musical sticks we had a children.

 

[Widebrim]

^^I've even found some post-'60s ties (two are in a local Goodwill right now) by Wembley that have very good designs--they're just too polyester-ish and thick...

 

[jamespowers]

^^I've even found some post-'60s ties (two are in a local Goodwill right now) by Wembley that have very good designs--they're just too polyester-ish and thick...

And wide enough to use as a tablecloth.

 

[Anthony Jordan]

I am not sure if the designer even knows but it is an interesting pattern.
I think of it more as a pair of those musical sticks we had a children.

They look rather like sticks of Rock to me!

 

[jamespowers]

They look rather like sticks of Rock to me!

What kind of rock?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Typically sold in seaside towns, often with the name of the town in contrasting coloured candy down the centre of the stick:

 

[Widebrim]

And wide enough to use as a tablecloth.

You got that right...

 

[LoveMyHats2]

Typically sold in seaside towns, often with the name of the town in contrasting coloured candy down the centre of the stick:

Very accurate about the candy, I see it maybe once in a while in some shops, not many now other than real shops that carry decent goods that are specialty items.

 

[Widebrim]

I've worn it before, but for those who may have never seen a pleated tie, here's one from Legath Cravats, c.mid-'50s.

I also have a very similar one in black, found at the same thrift store.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Typically sold in seaside towns, often with the name of the town in contrasting coloured candy down the centre of the stick:

[video=youtube;8KQ6Wmbi5ig]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KQ6Wmbi5ig[/video]

 

[Quigley Brown]

And the tie of the day is:

Such a simple design that's as powerful as two sticks of dynamite.

 

[jamespowers]