Tie By Tie 25 (This Just In)

Spring might not be in the air where you and I live, eat, breath and sleep but it must be really hot in the warehouses of my kids boutique suppliers because Spring merchandise is arriving daily and has been for about a month now.

Shown here is a newly arrived Hickey Freeman His First jacket from the HF Spring 10 collection, along with a Petronius Four Fold Twill Print in Rusty Orange and a cream shirt with a yellow and silver Honey Jar square.



The rust in the tie as well as the beige flower working with the cream shirt pulls out that beige windowpane in the jacket.  The silver and yellow in the square complements it all.  Here you get a better detail of the square:



Unabashed Plug here:  I have gone to some serious discounts on the cashmeres and other items on the FIH Site.  Cashmere coats, under 700 dollars, Scarves between 25-35% off.  Same with Cashmere Sweaters.  Check it out!

Tie by Tie 24b (Bluer is Better)

In Tie By Tie 24 (Two posts back) , I mentioned that the light orange tie against the pale blue shirt fell a little flat and perhaps it would look better with the darker contrast blue shirt. Here is the original very pale shirt:



And here with a darker blue pin stripe shirt.



And if you feel that with the narrow stripes I have violated Flusserian law, then try it with the darker solid blue shirt for this:



In all cases shown with the rainbow square and in both cases, certainly better than the pale blue.

Unabashed Plug here:  I have gone to some serious discounts on the cashmeres and other items on the FIH Site.  Cashmere coats, under 700 dollars, Scarves between 25-35% off.  Same with Cashmere Sweaters.  Check it out!

Every Which Way (But Loose)

Its nearly 12Am and I haven't been home for 2 hours yet.  It's been a long day.

Not having been in the store today we will have to content ourselves with the jacket (Burberry), square and shirt that I wore today which you can see below.

The beauty of a multicolored large patterned pocket squares is that one can achieve different looks depending on how its positioned in the pocket and whats visible peeking out.  In this case its less apparent as the background is a strong burgundy,  but you can get the idea.

Here the blue of the square is not visible, so the burgundy and beige of the square picks up the brown windowpane of the jacket.



Here the Slate blue of the square shows nicely highlighting the blue nature of the jacket.



Here is your square detail.  My unbiased opinion?   Magnificent!



PS:  For you old timers that recognize the title of the post, it was Clint Eastwood's "Every Which way but Loose" inspired.  As kids we had a great kick out of 12 Rib's My... and Right Turn Clyde! (Mom didn't enjoy it as much as we did!)

Tie By Tie 24b (The Long and Winding Road)

On that long and winding road from upstate the missus and your's truly have come to the unpleasant conclusion that just because 5 of your kids travel well without Dramamine doesn't mean that the 6th will...

:-(

One for the road, or better yet, from the road. I hope it doesnt do to you what the road did to her ;-) !

PS: Here as in the past I am not at all bothered by the closeness in size of the two different patterns that the shirt and tie are, see here for additional discussions on the topic.




Note that the darker blue shirt gives the pale pink tie more "oomph" in the ensemble vs this combo with the paler blue shirt as seen here:

Tie By Tie 24 (More Twills)

Greetings and a happy work week to all.

Sorry for the quiet weekend.   Friday was a short and rushed day and Sunday the missus dragged me along with her to our yearly before I go to Italy/Mid winter upstate getaway with the kids for a few days.  The true pleasures in life, watching your kids really enjoy themselves :-)

Anyway, I snapped a few shots before the weekend though along the lines of the previous post i.e. Twills:

Here is what we have:

The shirt is Light Blue, The suit is Navy, The square is multicolor with all the right colors therein.  The tie is Orange.  Normally Orange is a gret meatch with all sorts of blues.  Here I wasnt crazy about it.  Not sure why other than the fact that it just didnt do anything for me perhaps. Would probably work better with a darker blue shirt for better contrast. (I will try that when I get back to the store).



Square detail here:



Better was the pink version of the same tie shown below:



Broken up here:



A very successful week to all!

Tie By Tie 23 (Going where others can't)

Woven silks are nice but for colors and designs, its difficult for a weave to go where twill prints go. Thats why you will find many designers using twills to get their designs from the mind onto the silks. (For more on woven silks vs printed see this post)

Here are some of the twills prints I carry, starting with a navy double stripe suit, light blue shirt , burgundy floral square and the navy blue small diamond print:



The square looks quite busy out of the pocket which is one of the reasons that I as well as others recommend you stick it into the pocket ;-)



I happen to have worn that square to a meeting with a supplier today which was pretty much a total waste of time.  One day closer to the weekend though :-).

Cheers!

Tie By Tie 22b (Light Blue Quickie)

After a long day on the road today I am just gonna post a quickie regarding additional interview gear that I mentioned in the previous post.

Colors as you know and feel yourself can have a significant effect on mood. A beautiful looking flower or item will melt hearts and can change even the most foul of moods and feelings.  Its why we buy them for the SO (significant other) and when visiting the sick.  Soft and pleasing colors, cheer people up.

Thats one of the reasons that the light blue tie (in this case a solid) while being less sedate than the navy tie against navy suit is an acceptable color when interviewing. Think "clear blue skies" and the happiness and calm feelings that the color blue connotes and how it presents in people's minds. The connotation is a pleasant one.



Tomorrow, some twills.