a fresh look

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

git along, little neckties

From Nov 8, 2008

Another Guilfoil donation, worthy of John Wayne. Well, almost: "UNION MADE in U.S.A."


A repeat, and a doozy at that.

fashion is the law

So let's get litigious!

(Tie, if I recall correctly, compliments of Paxton Rice. On the reverse, it says, "Honest lawyer one flight up!" I guess this is a stab at self-deprecating humor.)

the ugliest tie in existence

Yes, my dogmatism is warranted.

Thanks to senior Megan Haughton, who, like me, is a savvy Goodwill shopper.

end of the year

Three ties for the ultimate week of school, in order of appearance. Special thanks to Megan H. for the rightmost, a gift for the last day.

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.

paisley, perchance?

Yes, I have more than one brown paisley tie in my collection. (Here's the other. They're not the same.)

making the world a better place

One tie at a time.

the ugliest tie in the world

It's a bold claim, but I'm the sort of tie aficionado with the bad taste and the breadth of neckwear experience to make it.

a poem for Tacky Tie Thursday

I met a traveler with an antique tie
Who said:--Two vast and dec'rous neckwear racks
Hang in a closet. When the dawn is nigh,
A teacher clad in long-sleeved shirt and slacks
Examines each with a discerning eye
And, choosing one, with simple binding knot
Secures the artificial to his frame--
The polyester that the world forgot--
Bold patterns, bolder colors both declare:
"My name is Anderson, ye fashion-lame;
Look on my tie collection and despair!"
Thus still, within a world where slow decay
With silk combines to choke and throttle flair,
One teacher's polyester braves the day.



[Apologies to Percy B. Shelley.]

fashion formula

Brown and yellow: harvesty.
Yellow and blue: spirited.
Brown and yellow and blue: tacky cubed.

a hot cup for a cold day

What better for a snowy day than swirling hot chocolate? (Whatever other images you see in the tie, I leave to your imagination.)

two ties, one low price

Couldn't get the photo up in time yesterday, and since today was Spirit Day, I wore another tie. Everybody wins.

postmodernism on a Tuesday evening

First photo: the original image.

Second photo: a photo of the image projected.

Which is reality?

(Neither.)

aesthetics and semantics

The first effort must have tripped out the camera, but its blurriness is still appealing. It's probably how it appears to the unprepared eye.



The second effort gives the requisite detail. Pinstripe plaid on pistachio. (Yes, the milky green color is called "pistachio," at least if my in-house fashionistas are trustworthy.)

the sweet smell of decay

Orange and blue blossoms with dead brown leaves. The circle of life has its bumpy stretches.

violets are blue, roses are brown

Genetic technology lets us craft a blue rose, but a brown rose remains a wisp of a dream. Except on this dream of a necktie.

"WEMLON by WEMBLEY. Crush it, knot it, even wash it. For brown, olive, or black suit."