LL silk bespoke bowtie

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TimMureau
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:05 pm

A few weeks ago I got the idea to order a bespoke bowtie from the blue LL silk.
So I went to Charvet and place the order and today my bowtie arrived, and here are some pictures from the LL silk bowtie.

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Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:19 pm

If you ordered it bespoke, why didn't you get it sized correctly (rather than with an adjustable slide)?
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:23 pm

He is not adjustable. He is made in the correctly size for my neck.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:26 pm

I see. I mistook the ripple on the left side for a slide buckle. But why the hook? Why would you want to unsnap the tie?

I have some Charvet bow ties, and the hook and eye is an annoying feature. They can come loose after a while and unbuckle too easily unless you constantly rebend the hook.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:57 pm

Tim, I didn't know that there were additional LL colors.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:50 pm

DD MacDonald wrote:Tim, I didn't know that there were additional LL colors.
You also have red and grey.
In the LL silk topic you can find a few pictures from samples of the fabrics.

It is really nice silk.
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:41 am

Tim, help me out. i found two threads on the charvet ties, a discussion of colors but no pictures. I'm probably just being useless this evening, can you point out the thread? D
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:41 am

TimMureau wrote:A few weeks ago I got the idea to order a bespoke bowtie from the blue LL silk.
So I went to Charvet and place the order and today my bowtie arrived, and here are some pictures from the LL silk bowtie.
Very nice, Tim. I asked a few months ago about doing the very same thing and this is the response I received:
JCC wrote:
garu wrote: I wonder - is it possible, M. Colban, to have a bowtie made in the Charvet LL pattern?
Dear Garu,
Concerning the fabric used for the LL tie, yes, we can do a bowtie in it.
But a word of caution is needed: this fabric has a lot of raised which could be caught by a 3 days beard. It is up to you to consider if such a thing coul happen to you...
Let us know how it turns out!

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garu
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Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:37 pm

Very very nice Tim ... Greetings from Roma where I am at the moment .

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Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:59 pm

DD MacDonald wrote:Tim, help me out. i found two threads on the charvet ties, a discussion of colors but no pictures. I'm probably just being useless this evening, can you point out the thread? D
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I have looked at the LL silk topic but I can't find it anymore..
But I am sure I saw somewhere a post from Monsieur Colban where he showed the new silks.
Maybe you can send him a Private message to ask for pictures of the silk.
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