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To Tie or Not to Tie: That is the Question

Thursday, January 31, 2008


We have an ongoing fashion debate in our household (at least, in as much as Mike will humor me about discussing style stuff) and that is over tie-neck tops. He finds them a bit too precious. Whereas I'm like: "Bows! Bows! Bows! The bigger, the better! Wheeee!"* Which is the immediate response I had to this highly adorable Marc by Marc Jacobs shantung vest, seen on ASJiNE. Thoughts?

And! Just as I was writing this, I spotted this totally awesome bow ensemble on Tricia's Wardrobe Remix recap (plus, it has a charming handmade quality that seems way more fiscally responsible than Marc's $300 price tag). I now declare myself to be firmly back on the bow bandwagon, any preciousness be damned:


*I'm pretty sure this is quite literally the reaction I have in my head, give or take a "wheeee".

10 comments :

Suzanna Mars said...

This is a look I absolutely cannot wear, yet I appreciate and admire it when it is done well and it doesn't detract from the wearer. Which is, of course, a subjective observation, and it causes me to like the navy bow better than the red. To my eye, the red is too long for its color, while the navy is neater and less Beau Brummel-ish.

But there's a dandy in every girl, is there not?

Anonymous said...

I've had a long courtship with bows myself, which was escalated further with some of the shirts shown in the spring couture collections. Just say YES!YES!YES! to the MJ vest. You have a great blog by the way.

Anonymous said...

i so love te bow tie look i adore it , it is funny i read this blog i recently bought a velvet navy blue vest and i need a scarf to tie a bow to wear with the vest.....i say tie , i have a blog as well and one of my recent blogs entries was titled bow tie me....

ali said...

The bigger the bow, the better. As long as it doesn't top your head. :)

Anonymous said...

i usually shy away from the bow thing myself but i found this one today:
http://www.candystorecollective.com/Store/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=18&idproduct=302

totally wearable! i also found a 10% off code: WINTER

i just might have to sport the bow afterall ;>

Unknown said...

I like the first photo because the bow is petite and not overwhelming. The second one those seems to be consuming.

http://www.theshinysquirrel.com

Anonymous said...

Yes, tie a bow -it's adorable!

softspoken said...

thanks for using my photo! so very flattered!

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