a bright shining tie

Fresh, exciting, and new.

the circle of life

Know where this one came from? Dad's closet, in an approved tacky-tie raid, a couple years ago.

Know where he got it?

His kids.

It might've even been from me.

going green

A year and four days later, this one cycles back through. Beautiful shimmery green, like an algae-covered trout.

the color and the smell

This year, my tacky ties have met an overall lukewarm reception. Something in the water, or air, maybe, dulling the senses of our nation's youth.

Until today. Take a good whiff of the polyester equivalent of smelling salts.

I swear

I swear it's tacky, yet students--who haven't had enough time to be inured to the collection--insist it isn't.

Blue, orange, and brown, in their weird aesthetic universe, go together. I know. I've seen the t-shirts.

But I still don't understand.

two-day

Too busy to blog this week--which is tragic. However, that means two ties instead of one. Which is the opposite of tragic.

Comedic?

the year starts anew

Today's tacky tie, compliments of Erika Longino, is a series of coats, jackets, and parkas of various dispositions and colorations. A Gap tie. Yes, Gap is responsible for fashion flubs, too.