Show us your TIES

[Two Types]

I picked up a few cheap ties at the weekend. I guess they all date from the late forties or early fifties or maybe a bit earlier:

Everything about this tie makes me think of Tootal. I have other examples in a very similar paisley pattern and it feels like the early cotton/rayon mix of some of their low quality ties. But there is no label and no sign of the label having been removed:

Cheap brown plaid:

A rather bold wool tie, Ascot/Hope Brothers:

This is a curious one. I spotted it and ignored it, thinking to myself 'horrible 1970s cheap polyester tie'. Then I looked more closely and thought: 'really cheap 1950s man-made tie'. At which point it became more appealling:

 

[jamespowers]

This is a curious one. I spotted it and ignored it, thinking to myself 'horrible 1970s cheap polyester tie'. Then I looked more closely and thought: 'really cheap 1950s man-made tie'. At which point it became more appealling:

That is a 50s tie with some pizzazz. Most are pretty boring. Nice find.

 

[Widebrim]

Typical of the period, but I like it. Does that say "America's Famous Hatters" on the tag??

 

[jamespowers]

Typical of the period, but I like it. Does that say "America's Famous Hatters" on the tag??

Yes it does. I was wondering if you would see that. Perhaps Adam sold a few more things than we are sure they sold.

 

[Burma Schave]

Some hat companies also sold men's furnishings in their hat stores. Knox, for instance, offered Knox-labeled shirts, waistcoats, ties, socks, etc. In its "Knox the Hatter" shops in the early 1900s.

 

[jamespowers]

And the tie of the day is:

 

[Talbot]

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

My dentist handed this out when I was a kid.

 

[jamespowers]

My dentist handed this out when I was a kid.

:rofl: He knew how to keep business coming back.

 

[Widebrim]

And the tie of the day is:

Win, place, or show, that is a beaut...

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

This would be a great tie for Derby Day here in Louisville. I bet there are a few floating around town for sure.

 

[jamespowers]

This would be a great tie for Derby Day here in Louisville. I bet there are a few floating around town for sure.

Derby Day. Big hats and horse ties.

 

[jamespowers]

Win, place, or show, that is a beaut...

A winner?

 

[jamespowers]

And the tie of the day is:

 

[Widebrim]

^^I'll take it...

 

[jamespowers]

^^I'll take it...

You and everyone else.

 

[Widebrim]

"Designed by Gina, Rome, London, Paris, Los Angeles". c.early-'60s, feels like rayon/acetate. And you know that it's square-bottomed...

 

[jamespowers]

And the tie of the day is:

 

[Widebrim]

^^Beautiful. Reminds me of one I have...

 

[jamespowers]

^^Beautiful. Reminds me of one I have...

I call it Tie on Fire.

 

[Widebrim]

^^Good moniker. Or, maybe, Lava of Death...