Category Archive: Ties

Prep as all eff

Prep as all eff

Green-tinted tortoise-shell glasses ($333) pink shirt, critter tie, a jacket fit for an old Italian man, and a early ’90s BMW. That’s living the life right there, right down to the braided leather key fob.

 

This is me in 10 years

This is me in 10 years

Somebody in the SNL wardrobe department has a crystal ball.

 

Reversible bow tie

Reversible bow tie

This little wonder very satisfies my desire for a little hidden color.

 

Khaki suit

Khaki suit

It’s more suited (har) for the summer, but what can I say? It looks good.

 

Perfect coordination

Perfect coordination

Every layer has a color that matches another layer.

 

Another Jack Kennedy outfit…

Another Jack Kennedy outfit…

… that’s just as available today as it was in the 60s.

 

East coast prep

East coast prep

by some of the greatest.

 

Killer look

Killer look

I’m not 100% sold on the flared chinos, but I won’t argue with someone who has a degree in pogonology from the Professor Badass Graduate School of Sartorialism.

 

Eurocrat, with a twist

Eurocrat, with a twist

Yes, that’s a knit tie! I don’t think you’d see one of those on the 10th floor of the Berlaymont.

 

Another day, another Eurocrat

Another day, another Eurocrat

Michel Barnier is the European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, and he’s also commissioned a little break from the usual with a red …

 

Areas of my style expertise

Areas of my style expertise

John Hodgman, you are kind of annoying, but you sure do dress well when you’re not in a mac commercial.

 

Contrast gray cartigans

Contrast gray cartigans

With a dress shirt, narrow dark tie, and jeans, it’s what I like to call the ‘JT Hill Look.’

 

Subtle pattern

Subtle pattern

Commission President Barroso’s tie looked like a standard blue and white dot tie in pictures from an event in March, until I found some closeups. …

 

Court Shoes

Court Shoes

… for when you want to be a real baller, but not the basketball kind.

 

Summer suits in Florence

Summer suits in Florence

It’s a little bit messy, but very classy. Also, is that a Finnish cockade on the lapel? Whatever it is, I like it.

 

Tie yes, suspenders not so much.

Tie yes, suspenders not so much.

When I saw this bow tie about a month ago, I just about had a heart attack from how excellent it looks.

 

Brooks Brothers does J. Crew.

Brooks Brothers does J. Crew.

No really, read this from the press release: [Click to read more]

 

Classic colors, unusual form

Classic colors, unusual form

This Icelandic bow tie is a little strange with the white piping on the outside, making it look sort of like a set of collar bands, but I like it anyway.

 

Olli is back

Olli is back

…and he looks to be perturbed by a journalist’s question about where he got those rad outer space glasses. Well, duh, Rehn works on the Starship Berlaymont.

 

Layering

Layering

Jean-Claude Trichet knows how to do two things: ensure medium-term Eurozone price stability and dress excellently.