Show us your TIES

[fedoralover]

From right now, about the most densely painted necktie I have. No labels, feels like silk, undoubtedly hand-painted in California...a real short one, too.

I really like this one. A real piece of art that you can wear around your neck.

fedoralover

 

[Baron Kurtz]

You seem to have an awful lot of the more gaudy Palm Beach ties, Feraud. Do you collect/seek them out specifically? Do you find them in stores or eBay mainly? I have quite a few 30s and 40s PB ties, but mostly in plains, stripes or checks. Only one with a nice pattern like these.

A trio of Palm Beach ties-

 

[Feraud]

I've a few solid and striped PB examples but am oddly attracted these loud patterns. There is something about the texture/pattern that appeals to me. It's a tactile aesthetic thing I guess!
I do look for these and buy 'em if the price is right. Most are from the 'bay, a few solid color and diagonals were found in flea markets.

I don't have (not sure if I've seen....) a checked pattern. Do you have one?

 

[jamespowers]

I've a few plain and striped ties but am oddly attracted these loud patterns. There is something about the texture/pattern that appeals to me. It's a tactile aesthetic thing I guess!
I do look for these and buy 'em if the price is right. Most are from the 'bay, a few solid color and diagonals were found in flea markets.

I don't have (not sure if I've seen....) a checked pattern. Do you have one?

Palm Beach ties such as yours are much more difficult to find as the stripes and boring plain ties are in abunance. You will see fifty stripes to one pattern with leaves or such.
I have one with a nautical theme---fish, boats, palm trees. Probably the only one of its kind I have ever seen. [huh] My son loves wearing it.

 

[Alex]

 

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[Widebrim]

^^Some nice ties, Alex, especially the Suberba. They appear to be made of rayon, or maybe rayon/acetate.

 

[Widebrim]

A trio of Palm Beach ties-

I agree with the others. Great score, Feraud.

 

[Alex]

Thank you Lee. So is rayon the type of material that usually produces that kind of shiny look, or is that just the way it was finished?

 

[Widebrim]

I really like this one. A real piece of art that you can wear around your neck.

fedoralover

Yeah, it's definitely a keeper.

 

[Widebrim]

Thank you Lee. So is rayon the type of material that usually produces that kind of shiny look, or is that just the way it was finished?

I'd say both, although rayon always seems to produce that look, and especially looks good with a brocade design in the background (like yours have).

 

[Widebrim]

From a couple of days ago. Not dramatic, but the base color is a bit unique, and the light blue motif almost exactly matched the shade of my shirt (although hard to see in photos).

 

[Baron Kurtz]

I don't have (not sure if I've seen....) a checked pattern. Do you have one?

It's one of those things I have a vague recollection of wearing a long time ago, and is in storage waiting for me to get around to the start of the rotation again. It usually takes about 2-3 years to rotate through all the ties [huh]

Let me have a dig through my ties. It might have been a bow tie, actually … or maybe a "Priestley's Nor-East" non-crushable (yeah, right) one. Priestly's was a bit of a PB competitor in the tie market. They were also put out by Beau Brummell [edit: by Wembley, too].

 

[jamespowers]

It's one of those things I have a vague recollection of wearing a long time ago, and is in storage waiting for me to get around to the start of the rotation again. It usually takes about 2-3 years to rotate through all the ties [huh]

Let me have a dig through my ties. It might have been a bow tie, actually … or maybe a "Priestley's Nor-East" non-crushable (yeah, right) one. Priestly's was a bit of a PB competitor in the tie market. They were also put out by Beau Brummell [edit: by Wembley, too].

Priestly was an accomplished liar.

 

[Mr. Fancypants]

 

[Widebrim]

^^Very nice, Mr. F. You don't see too many Smoothies around, which makes me suspect that they weren't in existence for very long.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

Here's one HECK of a tie history resource:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1936-Me...Men_s_Women_s_Accessories&hash=item4cf5415ad5

What makes this book so useful to fashion historians is that it has a specific date: 1936. Without such a resource, we can end up spending all day (or month, or year) trying to guess whether a vintage tie is early '30s or late '30s or whatever; patent dates on labels can take you only so far.

 

[Marc Chevalier]

And here's one HECK of a vintage 1940s (or late '30s?) tie:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Charvet-Paris-v...653?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item25632b2435

In terrible condition, unfortunately. Otherwise, it has so many strengths: a top-quality maker, CHARVET; a very rare, very iconic 'Hollywood studio logo' design; a intricate silk brocade weave with visible selvage. IMO, if this tie were in fine condition, it would have sold on eBay long ago.

 

[Widebrim]

Here's one HECK of a tie history resource:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1936-Me...Men_s_Women_s_Accessories&hash=item4cf5415ad5

What makes this book so useful to fashion historians is that it has a specific date: 1936. Without such a resource, we can end up spending all day (or month, or year) trying to guess whether a vintage tie is early '30s or late '30s or whatever; patent dates on labels can take you only so far.

A great resource for mid-'30s ties.