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by rodes
Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:45 am
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: What is your choice for blazer buttons?
Replies: 31
Views: 13277

Re: What is your choice for blazer buttons?

Now that you mention it, I am looking forward to wearing the summer fresco to church tomorrow.
by rodes
Sun Jul 03, 2022 12:40 am
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: What is your choice for blazer buttons?
Replies: 31
Views: 13277

Re: What is your choice for blazer buttons?

{ really like the dark blue blazer and have three of them one for summer, winter and midyear. All three have the same buttons, pewter with a crest. I only paid a few dollars for them at Joanne Fabrics and have had them for years, In my view ,they are perfect.
by rodes
Sat Mar 26, 2022 10:43 pm
Forum: Your Questions and Answers
Topic: Fabric for bow ties
Replies: 5
Views: 1974

Re: Fabric for bow ties

Yes, and a few crests, solids, polka dots.
by rodes
Sat Mar 26, 2022 12:24 pm
Forum: Your Questions and Answers
Topic: Fabric for bow ties
Replies: 5
Views: 1974

Re: Fabric for bow ties

Classic The goal is an aesthetic one, to bring the bow tie into the mainstream of business and social dressing, We feel that this is the right approach. Bow ties are cleaner, cheaper, more practical and much more comfortable than long ties. No reason not to wear one except for common aesthetics and ...
by rodes
Fri Mar 25, 2022 9:46 pm
Forum: Your Questions and Answers
Topic: Fabric for bow ties
Replies: 5
Views: 1974

Fabric for bow ties

My wife has recently started a business called Glen James Bow Ties. She designs and produces traditional, hand crafted bow ties in woven silk, wool, and silk/wool combinations. We have been more than pleased with our fabric sources thus far, Stephen Walters for silk and Ingles Buchan for wool. We wo...
by rodes
Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:44 pm
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: Tom Keene, economist
Replies: 0
Views: 3598

Tom Keene, economist

Watching Bloomberg this morning I was impressed by the familiar presentation, bow tie and double breasted suit. Perhaps it is just me and that I want to be impressed, for I always wear the former and often the latter. Still, this gentleman always looks so professional and ready to work.
by rodes
Wed Feb 16, 2022 1:35 pm
Forum: The Bespoke Forum
Topic: Father's Jackets
Replies: 6
Views: 3037

Re: Father's Jackets

philstan,
A great story and fitting tribute to the clothes, the man and you.
by rodes
Wed Jun 30, 2021 5:55 pm
Forum: Your Questions and Answers
Topic: Bow tie with contrast collar ?
Replies: 10
Views: 2602

Re: Bow tie with contrast collar ?

Thank you all. I am convinced.
More importantly, has anyone read the bio of David L. Evans. Perhaps we should all try to be more like him.
by rodes
Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:12 pm
Forum: Your Questions and Answers
Topic: Bow tie with contrast collar ?
Replies: 10
Views: 2602

Bow tie with contrast collar ?

I recently, and happily, have gone taken to wearing bow ties. So much more practical and comfortable. In my long tie days, I occasionally wore a pale blue or grey shirt with contrasting white collar. I have never worn these with a bow tie and my inclination still says no. But I thought that I would ...
by rodes
Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:13 pm
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: Last Bow Tie Day
Replies: 19
Views: 4923

Re: Last Bow Tie Day

True enough, the bow tie shows more shirt. There are a number of ways to deal with this. Vest, slipover, double breasted coat, or a shirt that has some interest on its own, such as a check. One could also ask, is this an issue in the first place? Consider the dinner jacket which traditionally has on...
by rodes
Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:09 am
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: Last Bow Tie Day
Replies: 19
Views: 4923

Re: Last Bow Tie Day

Thank you all for the thoughtful comments. After reading my own post from the twelfth night, I decided to extend my bow tie wearing for a week, then two. I'm still wearing them. Gentlemen of the London Lounge, this is an idea whose time has come. Cleaner, neater, generally more casual but can be mor...
by rodes
Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:43 pm
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: Prince Philip
Replies: 14
Views: 4009

Prince Philip

The duke of Edinburgh wore clothes about as well as anyone. Tall ,slender and always in straight posture I have long admired his presentation. I trust he looks even better now,
by rodes
Sun Jan 24, 2021 5:32 pm
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: Last Bow Tie Day
Replies: 19
Views: 4923

Re: Last Bow Tie Day

Melcombe, Interesting that you should mention the UK. I was there on holiday in the late winter of 2019. I saw very few bow ties, yet mine seemed to be appreciated. I often wear them to cultural events like concerts, plays, museum trips, whisky tastings so a trip to the UK was a bow tie event for me...
by rodes
Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:29 pm
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: Last Bow Tie Day
Replies: 19
Views: 4923

Last Bow Tie Day

I normally wear bow ties from Advent through Christmastide to set this special time on the calendar apart and remind myself not to work too hard. However, bow ties have so many merits that I'm tempted to wear them more often. They are less expensive. You can get them made to measure in hundreds of p...
by rodes
Sun Oct 04, 2020 6:13 pm
Forum: The Structure of Style
Topic: The Tartan Tie
Replies: 4
Views: 1535

The Tartan Tie

Now that cool weather is approaching, I renew my advocacy for this fine wool tie, Traditional, yet colorful, formal or casual, universally acceptable, It holds a knot better than any silk. You can get it in literally hundreds of patterns and colors. One third the cost of silk. Always stylish,