Spectacular bow tie, no? The trouble is the context - a jacket that is not powerful enough to stand up to it and frame the ensemble. Individually, shirt, tie and jacket are each beautiful in their own way, and they have complementary colors. Worn together though, the coat's light color means the observer's eye stops on the tie rather than the wearer's face.
There is an art to composition of the day's clothing. The individual elements must fit of course. They need to be well made, from good cloth. And then they have to work together so that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The same shirt and tie worn with a dark blazer, for example, would blend together so that none of the individual elements dominate the look.
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Woow - that made me nearly jump out of my seat!!
This exactly what my wife means when she says, "It pops." The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
I don't think you should be too hard on yourself Will. That is a difficult bow to place. I once made a model called the Millhouse, which would have been perfect for that ensemble in the photo and I think I will order some more of the houndstooth fabric today and send you one of those once I have finished it.
Whether the contrast created by the tie/shirt/jacket looks good or not depends also on the amount of contrast in the face - that combo could look good with a high contrast complexion?
Downunder - Do you mean a gin tan?
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