Bow tie with contrast collar ?

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rodes
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Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:12 pm

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 submit the question to this respected forum. The shirts have perhaps five more years of good wear and I would like to get the full value from them. Your thoughts please, gentleman. Thank you.
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Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:10 pm

Why not? You have already pegged yourself who colors outside the lines a bit. And a century ago, it was a perfectly normal thing to do.
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Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:39 am

I've done so on occasion, but I'd pair a contrast collared shirt only with a more conservatively-coloured and -patterned bow tie.
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rodes wrote:
Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:12 pm
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 submit the question to this respected forum. The shirts have perhaps five more years of good wear and I would like to get the full value from them. Your thoughts please, gentleman. Thank you.
Dear Rodes,

honestly, I would not hesitate a second. Pay attention to keep the bow discreet perhaps, otherwise there would be too much going on.

Cheers, David
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Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:08 pm

Noble Savage wrote:
Sat Jun 26, 2021 8:35 am
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Nicely done!
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rodes
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Wed Jun 30, 2021 5:55 pm

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.
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Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:41 pm

An A&S man? Very, very soft shoulders. Many of their 10oz house worsteds would easily wind up looking that way.
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Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:59 pm

rodes wrote:
Wed Jun 30, 2021 5:55 pm
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.
Dear Rodes,

you made me read it. What a man...

Cheers, David
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Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:30 am

I see it as a good look.

Right off the bat your use of a bow tie sets you apart. The stereotype of the bow tie wearer is that he is either a professor, old money, someone in the arts (e.g., gallery owner, curator, classical musician, publisher, editor, etc.), or an out and out eccentric.

Therefore, I do not see the white collar as either enhancing or diminishing these reactions.
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