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Bow tie with contrast collar ?
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:12 pm
by rodes
I recently, and happily, have gone taken to wearing bow ties. So much more practical and comfortable. In my long tie days, I occasionally wore a pale blue or grey shirt with contrasting white collar. I have never worn these with a bow tie and my inclination still says no. But I thought that I would submit the question to this respected forum. The shirts have perhaps five more years of good wear and I would like to get the full value from them. Your thoughts please, gentleman. Thank you.
Re: Bow tie with contrast collar ?
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:10 pm
by Concordia
Why not? You have already pegged yourself who colors outside the lines a bit. And a century ago, it was a perfectly normal thing to do.
Re: Bow tie with contrast collar ?
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 3:39 am
by krakatoa
I've done so on occasion, but I'd pair a contrast collared shirt only with a more conservatively-coloured and -patterned bow tie.
Re: Bow tie with contrast collar ?
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 8:35 am
by Noble Savage
Harvard College Senior Admissions Officer David L. Evans (right)
From:
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story ... ributions/
Re: Bow tie with contrast collar ?
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 3:42 pm
by davidhuh
rodes wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 7:12 pm
I recently, and happily, have gone taken to wearing bow ties. So much more practical and comfortable. In my long tie days, I occasionally wore a pale blue or grey shirt with contrasting white collar. I have never worn these with a bow tie and my inclination still says no. But I thought that I would submit the question to this respected forum. The shirts have perhaps five more years of good wear and I would like to get the full value from them. Your thoughts please, gentleman. Thank you.
Dear Rodes,
honestly, I would not hesitate a second. Pay attention to keep the bow discreet perhaps, otherwise there would be too much going on.
Cheers, David
Re: Bow tie with contrast collar ?
Posted: Sat Jun 26, 2021 5:08 pm
by Concordia
Re: Bow tie with contrast collar ?
Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2021 1:57 pm
by Noble Savage
Re: Bow tie with contrast collar ?
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 5:55 pm
by rodes
Thank you all. I am convinced.
More importantly, has anyone read the bio of David L. Evans. Perhaps we should all try to be more like him.
Re: Bow tie with contrast collar ?
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:41 pm
by Concordia
An A&S man? Very, very soft shoulders. Many of their 10oz house worsteds would easily wind up looking that way.
Re: Bow tie with contrast collar ?
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 10:59 pm
by davidhuh
rodes wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 5:55 pm
Thank you all. I am convinced.
More importantly, has anyone read the bio of David L. Evans. Perhaps we should all try to be more like him.
Dear Rodes,
you made me read it. What a man...
Cheers, David
Re: Bow tie with contrast collar ?
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 8:30 am
by Mark Seitelman
I see it as a good look.
Right off the bat your use of a bow tie sets you apart. The stereotype of the bow tie wearer is that he is either a professor, old money, someone in the arts (e.g., gallery owner, curator, classical musician, publisher, editor, etc.), or an out and out eccentric.
Therefore, I do not see the white collar as either enhancing or diminishing these reactions.
