With this, I reach the end of my collection. Henceforth, I may post when I wear a new tie, but not every day. I will also be giving prizes to the best and worst tie makers
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Cravatonotes
- Further reading
- DerivationThe term cravatomancy is a neologism, a compound word derived from the French cravate, neck-cloth and the Greek μαντεἱα, divination, hence telling the future through ties. The ancients did not wear ties, as far as we know, so the term emerged when Sweder noticed the blue and yellow tie I wore on election day, 6 May 2010, and thought it foretold a Tory-Lib-Dem coalition.
January 2011
19 January 2011
18 January 2011
Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge
With these floral ties, we can detect a longing for spring. Also, in the case of the seond, I was bound for a poetry reading.
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16 January 2011
Wednesday's and Thursday's ties
No bow tie but the black funeral tie, which you have already seen, on Friday, so here are the last two ties of the week just gone
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11 January 2011
My father's tie
I inherited this tie from my father. Its rectangular ends are unusual; for no very good reason I associate this style with America.
I inherited few ties from him. For work he relied on a BMA tie or his Downing tie which struck the right notes of medical gravitas. In his wardrobe there was a wild tie in the 1950s painted style, depicting a parrot. It amused us greatly, though I never saw him wear it. It would have not been suitable to wear while delivering an unfavourable diagnosis.
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10 January 2011
A Liberty tie
I rarely wear this one, indeed thought it might have been a sartorial error, but I think it has a place. My photography gets even worse
I ought to tell you, dear reader, where these pictures are taken. Generally I take the #tieoftheday photograph either at home before setting out, or at Seaford station, as in this case, while waiting for the 6:30 to appear, or on the train itself.
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09 January 2011
Two ties to end the week
Continuing the bow-tie theme here's one by Hackett and one by Truefitt & Hill. Can you tell which is which? For no extra charge, I include a scarf. On the train home, the ensemble with the scarf, finished off with a pair of red corduroy trousers out of shot, prompted a perceptive young woman, who appeared both sober and sane, to tell me I was 'handsome'.
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05 January 2011
First tie of 2011
The renaissance of #tieoftheday, and hence of this blog, is explained by the fact that in the exercise that ended in redundancy last summer I didn't get round to wearing bow ties.
I have now resolved to wear nothing but until all have been shown to the world.
For my first day back, I chose this. It's one of my favourites. I thought it was a Turnbull & Asser, but it turns out to be by Hackett.
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