UGLY TIE CONTEST: $500 PRIZE

[jamespowers]

Ok, I got a few ugly as sin ones here:

Merciful less detail picture.
Hold your nose for the close up ugly!:

I told you so.

 

[cptjeff]

Ok, I got a few ugly as sin ones here:

Merciful less detail picture.
Hold your nose for the close up ugly!:

I told you so.

I would wear #2, and kinda like the first.

The rest are tacky as hell, but they don't run away with it. IMO.

 

[jamespowers]

I would wear #2, and kinda like the first.

The rest are tacky as hell, but they don't run away with it. IMO.

They are all for sale you know.
I dare you to wear them.

 

[adamjaskie]

Ugly enough?

 

[Dr Doran]

Ugly enough?

Please give me one of those little paper bags tucked into the pocket of the seat in front of me on the airplane.

 

[Fletch]

Oh yeah, that one. I really like that tie. Lots of character.

Honey locust paramecia on a field of bruise-colored fleshtones. Positively Lileksian.

Hey, maybe Lileks could judge the Ugly Tie Contest.

 

[cptjeff]

They are all for sale you know.
I dare you to wear them.

And if I do?

I'll trade you my #2 for your #2.

 

[Dr Doran]

(insert scatological #2 joke)

 

[cptjeff]

(insert scatological #2 joke)

Yeah, I wondered if I should have reworded that, but I figured this segment of the Internet would be mature enough.

 

[Talbot]

Ugly enough?

That's pretty bad, but I respect the fact you are wearing it.

Bonus points surely.

 

[jamespowers]

And if I do?

I'll trade you my #2 for your #2.

What brand is the second one and from what time period. I can't tell from looking at the picture. I like the wood grain one myself.
Gee, how vintage. Its like a 1946 ugly tie trading club. I doubt we will get 1,500 ties traded in 6 months though.

 

[jamespowers]

Ugly enough?

Still not as bad as my hooked horns bull tie. IMHO.

 

[Lincsong]

I'm sure Powers will win. I have confidence in him.

 

[Widebrim]

Gee, how vintage. Its like a 1946 ugly tie trading club. I doubt we will get 1,500 ties traded in 6 months though.

Man, I wish we had one of those here on the Lounge...

 

[cptjeff]

What brand is the second one and from what time period. I can't tell from looking at the picture. I like the wood grain one myself.
Gee, how vintage. Its like a 1946 ugly tie trading club. I doubt we will get 1,500 ties traded in 6 months though.

No labels whatsoever. No keeper, 56". Probably polyester (certainly not silk) so I suspect 70's with tags taken off sometime in the past.

The wood grain dates from the 50's. Don Loper lining, tag from a Robert S. Atkins in California. That one I'm holding onto- bit of a novelty. It's the only wood grain tie I have ever seen or am likely to see, so despite the tacky factor, I'm going to keep it around and work up the courage to wear it one of these days.

Oh, and the peacock featherish one looks to be homemade, so there's no dating it. Someone used the scrap fabric box to create the most garish necktie on God's green earth.
Come to think of it, why on earth was that fabric ever produced anyway?

 

[jamespowers]

No labels whatsoever. No keeper, 56". Probably polyester (certainly not silk) so I suspect 70's with tags taken off sometime in the past.

The wood grain dates from the 50's. Don Loper lining, tag from a Robert S. Atkins in California. That one I'm holding onto- bit of a novelty. It's the only wood grain tie I have ever seen or am likely to see, so despite the tacky factor, I'm going to keep it around and work up the courage to wear it one of these days.

Oh, and the peacock featherish one looks to be homemade, so there's no dating it. Someone used the scrap fabric box to create the most garish necktie on God's green earth.
Come to think of it, why on earth was that fabric ever produced anyway?

The fabric was originally for a bedspread.
Uh, yeah. I think I'll just keep the ugly I have rather than trade it around.

 

[jamespowers]

Man, I wish we had one of those here on the Lounge...

Well, I suppose if we take some good pictures and get some decent vintage ties---before 1965---then we might have something. What may be ugly to some might be great to another. I actually like the loud 40s ties that have the big bang patterns.
Maybe we need a Trade That Tie thread or some such thing.

 

[Quigley Brown]

Well, this dude has another title under his belt. A local store was having an ugly contest this weekend (you can always find someone having one around Fathers Day). It got me twenty-five bucks!

He is dear and true to my heart, though....

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[jamespowers]

Well, this dude has another title under his belt. A local store was having an ugly contest this weekend (you can always find someone having one around Fathers Day). It got me twenty-five bucks!

He is dear and true to my heart, though....

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I'll trade you for it.

 

[volatile]

Totally not ugly.