This is about 1/3 of my ties. I had a few decent ones already, but as soon as I entered grad school to become a teacher I also worked at an estate sale company. Any ties that come available, the uglier the better, found their way into my collection.
The Neck Ties that Bind Us
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I think I have the exact same paisley tie that's hanging in the middle!
For quite some time, I am no longer required to wear a tie @ work, but had to at some point in time
Only for Court appearances and funerals for me lol
What's 14 inches long and hangs in front of an asshole?
I kid, I kid.... Enjoy your neckties, fellas!
I kid, I kid.... Enjoy your neckties, fellas!
As a school administrator, I wear a shirt & tie everyday - sometimes with a sport coat, sometimes a sweater. However, since the pandemic and with so few people on campus, I have gone tieless since April. When we get more students on campus, the ties will make a comeback.
Can’t abide ties nowadays. For me, closed toe shoes, long pants, and the nice t-shirt without gravy stains counts as formalwear, and I’ll add a Hawaiian shirt for those special black tie days. Suits feel very unnatural and strange to me now, to the point where I’d rather wear a giant hotdog costume.
The funny thing is, I loved wearing button down shirts, ties, slacks, and stuff like that 25 years ago, and happily wore suits when needed.
The funny thing is, I loved wearing button down shirts, ties, slacks, and stuff like that 25 years ago, and happily wore suits when needed.
For a brief stint in grad school, I worked as a graphic designer for Kinkos, where a blue shirt and tie was mandatory, but what kind of tie was wide open. So, we usually wore something silly, like the Bugs Bunny tie. I also still have a 3Stooges tie and several other whacky ones from those few days. Nowadays, I imagine they would wear tie dyes and cut offs.
The “Mad Men” days are gone.
The “Mad Men” days are gone.
Me too! A couple more look identical to mine also. I miss having to wear ties. I still do from time to time but only because I like to. I enjoy the art of trying them, caring for them and the look they provide. Nothing wrong with feeling classy.
Cosmic, I gotta hand it to you, you sure know how to class up a pipe and tie brother.
Today’s tie... I dug this vintage Garcia tie out for the Deadheads on the forum.
Beefcake alert.
I, on the other hand, just have a weird neck and shoulders. I've had luck getting fitted shirts for my odd neck & arm measurements, and they weren't too expensive. I can't find any off the rack that work, but even Macy's will measure me and order me the right stuff.
I will have to go check them out. I prefer Van Husen fitted shirts. But, 19.5 is the largest neck size that they ever carry, and those sell quickly. I hear so many guys talk about how small the necks are on shirts. You'd think the industry would react to that.
Otherwise, I just leave the top button unbuttoned.
Gotta be careful around the ladies with this one. The half windsor is the most seductive knot because it's the easiest to untie. Basically screams that you're down to pound.
...just don't rip the buttons off my shirt. They're too hard to find in the correct sizes, ha ha.
There are a couple of judges in my area that pick on us for wearing anything but a Don Draper approved uniform. They're keeping it alive a little longer in rural Kansas and Missouri lol.
The Don Draper days... back when men knew how to have pride in the way they looked... and you could get drunk at work, smoke anywhere, and sleep with all of the secretaries.
The Good Ol Days, ha ha.
Kevin, our forum's owner/admin is quite the fashion king himself.
My long time avatar shows me with a tie. Many years ago, my dad died and left his large collection (100+) of ties to me and my brothers. They both refused the ties. I decided to wear each one of them, before I decided to keep or toss. Some of those ties took a lot of courage. Just counted = 61on the tie rack now.
My wife enjoys the tie and jeans combo. I used to wear this a work often. Being unemployed now, I rarely have an excuse to wear a tie.
Just made a decision. I will start wearing a tie in my garage / smoking lounge. The tie is beige. I guarantee, it was given to me. I would never choose this time.
My wife enjoys the tie and jeans combo. I used to wear this a work often. Being unemployed now, I rarely have an excuse to wear a tie.
Just made a decision. I will start wearing a tie in my garage / smoking lounge. The tie is beige. I guarantee, it was given to me. I would never choose this time.
That's a lot of ties. I sort of had a thing for ties myself. When i retired, I donated about 40 of them and hung on to about 15.
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