I've never thought of ties as disposable, they have more longevity than your favourite shirt.

I would have thought with the climate that Australia has, there would not be much of a run on ties and they would be relatively inexpensive. Of course, most of them will be coming around the Cape from Italy and Blighty, so there's shipment costs. But, ties are small and not heavy.

Does anybody in Australia wear ties in the summer when its 40plus degrees? Outside of the major cities?

Last edited by The_Shooman (2011-08-22 04:04:02)

I remember from the previously mentioned video that GQ did on traditional Uk manufacturers, that there was a section with a tie maker, where the guy was stating there is one very crucial bit in the construction of the time that determined something detrimental, and that his company were the best at it. For the life oh me I can't remember what it was, or which company it was. I was just making the point it seems there is a dark art to a good tie, and maybe not as straight forward as it seems. Even hand rolling and stitching a pocket square is a very neat and delicate thing to do.

''Each block will make two ties; it could, at another manufacturer's, make four, but not without cutting off the bias, and a tie cut off the bias, says Drake, will not hang as well or recover its shape as quickly.''

I think this is the bit I remember him saying, Gill from Cock of the Walk said a similar thing about trousers when I asked why some hang awkwardly. It seems going against the grain of the the material to get the most pieces out of one bit of cloth means you get badly hanging cloth.


Thanks for the link Briggs it's nice little read!

Maybe he means on plain cloth?

I'm only reminded of plain ties when I watch the BBC Parliament channel.

Last edited by Oo Bop Sh'bam (2011-08-22 06:01:49)

Many of the federal labour politicians in my country wear light blue ties. Obviously they had some screwball fashion consultant tell them something about light blue ties and the next day everyone was wearing them. Ex-P.M Kevin Rudd wore a light blue tie nearly every day. Robot men....tell them to jump and these M.P blokes ask `how high'. Pthh.
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=kevin+rudd+pictures&hl=en&client=opera&hs=9jp&rls=en&channel=suggest&prmd=ivnso&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=yFJSTq-2IOvYiAKs_oGmAQ&ved=0CBwQsAQ&biw=1646&bih=840

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