Thin ties...any thoughts?

[jamespowers]

Bump^^. Okay, here's a late-'50s thin tie that I found today at a thrift store in Hollywood ($2). It has a nifty finned-automobile and (what I think is) steering wheel design. From Kory Ties of (where else?) California; feels like silk blend.

Looks like a 57 Chevy to me. I'll have to see it in person.

 

[Widebrim]

^^Okay, I'll bring it to the Queen Mary. Looks more like a Ford, to me .

 

[MrBern]

Atomic Elvis 1956

Elvis practically looking like a Mad Man
Skinny tie & relatively trim suit for 1956.

The Dorsey Brothers “STAGE SHOW”-
CBS Studio New York – 18.02.1956r.

I WAS THE ONE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE1E4AMMcPM

 

[jamespowers]

^^Okay, I'll bring it to the Queen Mary. Looks more like a Ford, to me .

lol lol lol lol

 

[Widebrim]

Elvis practically looking like a Mad Man
Skinny tie & relatively trim suit for 1956.

The Dorsey Brothers “STAGE SHOW”-
CBS Studio New York – 18.02.1956r.

I WAS THE ONE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE1E4AMMcPM

A very up-to-date lookin' cat...And he remains the king of rock 'n' roll...

 

[The Good]

I don't actually own a skinny tie, so excuse me, I'm sorry if I don't have anything worthwhile to offer in this thread.

However, the funny thing is, a few months back, I almost bought a skinny tie (black, with a squared, flat bottom too), but then decided against it. I'm not sure if I could quite pull it off, unless I owned a late 1950s, 1960s suit (something very Mad Men-esque, in layman's terms) to go along with it, and maybe a more period accurate fedora, to boot, as I own a very Golden Era, 1930s type for that matter. I think they can look very good, you just have to dress a certain way to make it work, if you don't want to come across as being a trendy hipster, which is an association I'd personally want to avoid.

Just my two cents. If you want to know what I was actually going to get that one day, it's this:

http://www.amazon.com/SKINNY-BLACK-...1_14?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&qid=1272948731&sr=8-14

Personally, I'm glad I saved my money. If I'm going to purchase a skinny tie, I'll try to go for an actual vintage from the 50s or 60s (for some reason, I want to avoid the 80s stuff, even though they were a fad then).

 

[Widebrim]

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Personally, I'm glad I saved my money. If I'm going to purchase a skinny tie, I'll try to go for an actual vintage from the 50s or 60s (for some reason, I want to avoid the 80s stuff, even though they were a fad then).

JB, if you want a couple of skinny ties, several of us, I'm sure, would send you some vintage ones for free...Anything to help a fellow FL tie enthusiast. Right, James Powers?

 

[Chainsaw]

It's kinda cool. But ewww. What's with all the stooged up ties?

What can I say though, my favorite tie fors years was my Bugs bunny sitting in the director seat tie. Go figure, GQ regreats.

 

[jamespowers]

JB, if you want a couple of skinny ties, several of us, I'm sure, would send you some vintage ones for free...Anything to help a fellow FL tie enthusiast. Right, James Powers?

Great! How many does he want?

 

[Widebrim]

Great! How many does he want?

I don't know about JB, but I'll take any skinny Hollyvogues that you have. By the way, I wore the tie with the car fins today...Nobody noticed it.

 

[jamespowers]

I don't know about JB, but I'll take any skinny Hollyvogues that you have. By the way, I wore the tie with the car fins today...Nobody noticed it.

That's because it was thin.
Hollyvogue made skinny ties?! I thought they had better sense than that.

 

[Widebrim]

You want a "thin" Hollyvogue?

That's because it was thin.
Hollyvogue made skinny ties?! I thought they had better sense than that.

Just scored this today at a thrift store. Okay, at 3" it's not exactly "thin," but neither is it the wide type that we're used to seeing from Hollyvogue.

The rich-looking lining has "Chereau Paris" embossed all over it, and the tie looks like it wasn't ever worn. It feels like silk, but could be rayon and/or acetate. Judging from the width and price tag, I'd say mid-'50s.

 

[jamespowers]

Just scored this today at a thrift store. Okay, at 3" it's not exactly "thin," but neither is it the wide type that we're used to seeing from Hollyvogue.

The rich-looking lining has "Chereau Paris" embossed all over it, and the tie looks like it wasn't ever worn. It feels like silk, but could be rayon and/or acetate. Judging from the width and price tag, I'd say mid-'50s.

It might well be but it is early fifties--before 1955. They were still producing the white patterned ties then. It is plainer than the 40s examples though. You could be right in the long run. $3.50 was fairly expensive for a tie then.

 

[Widebrim]

It might well be but it is early fifties--before 1955. They were still producing the white patterned ties then. It is plainer than the 40s examples though. You could be right in the long run. $3.50 was fairly expensive for a tie then.

Yeah, the average price for a tie in the mid-'50s would have been about $2.50, but the width pretty much pegs it for that brief transitional period. But, hey, it's a Hollyvogue, and would have been well worth it!

 

[Widebrim]

:bump:
Okay, here is a previous thrift shop find. Nice golden-brown background with silver and black motifs, c.late-'50s.

 

[Widebrim]

Another previous thrift store score. Hand-painted, about 2 1/2" wide, odd designs. I'd say c. late-'50s.

 

[ssfilez]

One way or another, yesterday's fashion will find its way and emerge in today's trend. I find skinny ties more attractive than the traditional ties worn by most men today. I tried searching through the web and I found printed neckties that would spice up one's simple attire. Pretty little things, really.

 

[Widebrim]

One way or another, yesterday's fashion will find its way and emerge in today's trend. I find skinny ties more attractive than the traditional ties worn by most men today. I tried searching through the web and I found printed neckties that would spice up one's simple attire. Pretty little things, really.

Very true, all the way around. I would agree that thinner ties from the mid-'50s are often more attractive than most of the neckties from today (although I did recently see some rather decent 3" examples at Nordstrom's Rack). Now if we're talking early-'60s, then we've regressed to mostly plain and minimalist...

 

[Widebrim]

From today...

Burma Bibas, all silk.

 

[Widebrim]

And today this one.

c.late-'50s Beau Brummell. Interesting design, to say the least.