triptych

Over a month ago I hoped things at school were "truly back to normal."

As if.

Anyhow, the one thing that is always in session: the tacky. The following ties are all new--to me, at least.





In order, thanks to Ben Leierer, Matthew Stidham, and Danny Stohr.

a fresh look

This one's thanks to Ariel Davis, a savvy Value Village shopper with a keen eye for tacky.

going places

From Tacky Ties 10 24 08

Thursday's tie is a little late, thanks to a debate tournament that chewed up my weekend.

The origin: Daniel Grimm. The destination: fashion immortality.

From Mr. A's world of tacky ties

The tie that preceded it, weekwise, is a classic: the red and blue eye-popper on the left.

two new

A pink and blue concoction found in Marshalls' clearance-clearance ($3, for good reason).


Thanks to Erika Longino, who wasn't sure what sort of fruit it depicts. Squash-berries?

kiss me, I'm polyester

Hand-made, too. In Cambodia.

notes

A deranged reindeer. It is June, and he is still delivering presents. Better call the union rep.

Bland, resourceful polyester. My desensitization theory is entirely true.

futurism in polyester: two takes

For a sliver of the 80s, somehow a 30s sensibility took the world of ties by storm. Not that I'm complaining.

through the looking glass

A world of phantasms, mysteries, and delights. And Dacron.

symbolism

Bananas, balsamic vinegar, and a striped swath of you-fill-in-the-blank.

keep your distance

Thanks to Scott Miles, who found this lovely number at Goodwill and decided to make an investment in his education. (Macro mode distorts the color, making it seem much paler than it is. It's dark as one of those marker-it-in-yourself felt posters.)

genuinely ugly

That's how several students independently described it. They must, of consequence, be right.

so everybody put your best suit or dress on

So this is the new year. In silk.

I've got the power

Even when the power's out, this little number positively glows.

green machine

Worn Election Day, 2006. Sadly, polyester friend, it's just not an oil man's world anymore.

cotton candy

It looks like Goodwill wall art, but it's really a tie. A cotton tie.

polyester and polka dots

Best of all, it matches.