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#27 2016-12-19 08:41:27
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
^ Yes.
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#28 2016-12-19 08:43:12
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
To clarify 'yes' was the answer to yuca.
If that is a photo of Georgie boy in a bow tie then no more needs to be said....
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#30 2016-12-19 09:18:09
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
But those Liberty ties are très mal.
#32 2016-12-19 11:28:50
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
Is Kingstonian just trolling here? A lack of courage because I don't want to wear a loud tie? How about the courage to stick to what you like even when people call you out for wearing "boring" clothes?
To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin. - Mark Twain
#33 2016-12-19 13:16:56
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
When it becomes a uniform - which it has- you can either see it as a lack of courage to stray away from the uniform or a pride in the uniform so that you stick to it in the face of any critical comments.
Your choice.
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#34 2016-12-19 13:28:48
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
Yeah coz there is just those two options...
and I still can't decide! 😝
#35 2016-12-19 13:39:16
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
Yes. We all live in a binary world! There is no nuance to our arguments anymore!
To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin. - Mark Twain
#37 2016-12-19 13:40:57
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
I wouldn't decry anyone for wanting to wear Liberty or Hermes ties, they are the choice of someone who wants to set themselves apart, the choice of someone who doesn't want to be seen as traditional. Burberry, Aquascutum, Daks, slightly more fashion orientated, at the end of the day just another style.
You can wear a mish mash of clothes or try to strive for a particular look, as soon as you do the latter somebody will pop up and talk about 'uniforms'.
Ivy is all about low key classic style for me, nothing showy like those ties. Except in the summer when madras and Shantung silk rule! So nothing wrong with the bow tie in Georgie's avatar.
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#38 2016-12-19 14:08:21
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
Exactly. It blends pretty well with the shirt, jacket, watch and weather imo.
Maybe Kingstonian could show us a photo of his neo-skinhead meets flowery tie fusion to compare.
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#39 2016-12-19 14:11:09
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
Styles usually change, at least slightly, over time.
The latter day interpretation of Ivy does not really feature much change. And some of the neck tie patterns even have their own 'number'.
Very buttoned up IMO.
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#40 2016-12-19 14:13:21
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'.
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#41 2016-12-19 14:27:46
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
I don't dress as I did in 1969.
Yuca raised the notion of certain ties being 'forbidden' Maybe they are not forbidden but they are not part of the historical look many of you seek.
Same with those crappy British Home Stores Shetlands that many of you love. You could get some very nice jumpers for similar money.
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#42 2016-12-19 14:30:37
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
Even John Simons moved on.
A lot of his stock is not the sort of stuff people wore in the 1960s.
"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."
#44 2016-12-19 14:42:04
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
Lots of assumptions in your posts.
1 I only wear Liberty ties. Not true. I have some. And yes, they are in Arts and Crafts designs rather than the flowery patterns you saw, so some people may think of them as 'works of art'. I just think they are nice ties. Same with some Drakes and Charvet offerings.
2 That styles have to be desirable decades later to have any worth. Hats and heavy coats are not going to making a comeback. They were fine in their day, but are now just costume. Ivy is understated compared to say teddy boy outfits - but it can still become a costume of sorts if you are not careful.
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#45 2016-12-19 14:46:59
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
I specifically told you I am unfamiliar with such ties, then posted the link of what I found when I searched. If that's not representative, it's a bit pointless telling me now.
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#47 2016-12-19 14:51:04
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
If I have to choose between costume or being cold whilst wearing a shit tie, I'll take the former.
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#48 2016-12-19 14:51:48
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
So was the point of the thread to actually ask if Hermes ties were trad or just to tell us we're stuffy cowards because our repp ties have numbers and we prefer to be understated?
To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin. - Mark Twain
#49 2016-12-19 14:51:58
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
Sorry but they change their ties on a regular basis and I don't know if their patterns have numbers attached. Some are flowery. Some are not.(reply for yuca)
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"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."
#50 2016-12-19 14:54:49
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Re: How trad are Hermes ties? Euro-trad?
"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."