The gingham necktie does not receive its fair share of respect in my opinion. Indeed, it is a rarely seen pattern these days and that is surely something to be remedied, for a silver, gray and ivory gingham combines beautifully with navy suits.
Now here it must be qualified that the pattern must be a certain size. Eschew the small, discreet check in favor of a bolder version, emulating in this respect the man emerging from the motor car in the photo. For in a smaller scale gingham might be confused with a wedding tie check, and that is not the idea.
Be bold.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Be Bold
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Who is that man? Why, I do believe he's wearing a four-in-hand!
Will, you yourself have, if I am not mistaken, been known to sport a smaller scale blue/ecru gingham from Drakes. Both the blue and the black version that they have are exquisite. I finally need to get one.
As to the larger scale version, well, if the Duke can pull it off, pour-quoi pas moi..
Sir Duke has raised his gaze firmly skyward, even if he risks a miss-step, I assume to preclude the possibility of caching a withering glimpse of his rather over-bold four-in-hand.
Good thing that DB will stay buttoned as just a little more of that tie could power the auto from which he alights.
Are you shilling for the ASW online store again? ;-)
The right gingham is, like the right plaid, perfect at certain times, but it seems that I'm not the only one who thinks that they can also look terribly out-of-place at other times. For me, gingham and madras say "warm weather is here!" while the other plaids say "wear me in the fall with your tweeds!" especially on wool ties.
A4, I have a couple brown on ivory ginghams as well as gray and ivory in different scales. The large scale works well with plain jackets any time of year.
So that is the "wedding tie check" to which you refer?
If the pattern were considerably smaller it would make a fine wedding tie.
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