| Fashion critiques are often informative | | | | came the Beatles and things were never |
| and short enough to scan while you're at | | | | the same. |
| the breakfast table, or waiting for the | | | | Check and striped ties don't have to be |
| train. Aimed at those who are on the | | | | considered conservative. It's all about |
| move, they reveal just enough | | | | colour pattern and texture and doing |
| information to prompt further | | | | something out of the ordinary, without |
| investigation. A recommendation is worth | | | | going overboard. Here is an example; |
| more than a thousand flashy | | | | definitely out of the ordinary, |
| advertisements. Our prime motivation in | | | | definitely light on conservatism |
| writing is to promote budding fashion | | | | "To be different" Polka dots, you can't |
| designers. To this end we employed | | | | go wrong and the variations of, texture, |
| modern PR tactics such as bloging to | | | | dimension, pattern and colour, |
| attract an audience unreachable without | | | | add-infinitum, a designers delight. And |
| the services of costly Public Relations | | | | all the variations are in this tie. It |
| and journalists. | | | | might lack conservatism, but we like to |
| Here are some excerpts. | | | | be different. |
| "Toast and marmalade for tea, sailing | | | | "The one that got away" Here trapped in |
| ships upon the sea aren't lovelier than | | | | lifeless form with no detail left |
| you". What a cheerful little song; | | | | unturned, right down to glistening |
| Recorded by unknown band Tin Tin and | | | | scales. Measuring 33mm long and 11mm |
| produced by the late Maurice Gibb of the | | | | wide, they're in perfect proportion. |
| Bee Gees. You can also have honey on | | | | Made from pure English pewter and double |
| your toast. And when you're ready to don | | | | coated with Rhodium to give many years |
| the shirt and tie, try a pair of honey | | | | good linkage; taken from Ian Flaherty's |
| coloured cats eye cufflinks from Veritas | | | | Country Enamel animal collection. |
| Gifts. One gentleman decided to match | | | | "The one that got away" Here trapped in |
| them with an abstract floral tie by | | | | lifeless form with no detail left to |
| Patrick McMurray. "Nice colours for | | | | guesswork, right down to glistening |
| spring" Barry Gibb the elder of four | | | | scales. Measuring 33mm long and 11mm |
| brothers and leader of the Bee Gees | | | | wide, they're in perfect proportion. |
| became the second most prolific | | | | Made from pure English pewter and double |
| songwriter/producer in history. He sold | | | | coated with Rhodium to give many years |
| close to 400 million records | | | | good linkage; taken from Ian Flaherty's |
| "Calling on inter-planetary craft", most | | | | Country Enamel animal collection. |
| extraordinary: Semblance of some planet | | | | A tie my kingdom for a tie you don't |
| from outer-space, it's just landed and | | | | have to mortgage your house to buy a |
| stamped with Westwood's unmistakable | | | | good tie. Michelsons of Kent have been |
| brand, The Orb, without (it), also in | | | | making goods silk ties, since 1937 and |
| Onyx and Pearl. "Collect them" before | | | | at good prices too, guess how much? Buy |
| they take off. Just like the song did | | | | yourself a nice lunch with the change |
| for the carpenters. | | | | and don't tell the wife |
| "Living in the love of the common | | | | Swarovski Crystals, the choice material |
| people, smile from the heart of a family | | | | of world class jewellery designers. A |
| man, mommas gonna bring you a dream to | | | | sense of luxury is extended through |
| cling to, daddy's gonna love just as | | | | sterling silver and enamels creating |
| much as he can". The anthem of the | | | | forms reflecting beautifully, textural |
| common people as sung in the 60's. | | | | influences at every angle. Natural light |
| Remember the Bowler hats, swank | | | | suddenly becomes part of the experience |
| cufflinks, three piece suits, drab silk | | | | as it bounces off every facet of |
| ties. Everything seemed to mirror the | | | | Swarovski Crystal |
| bleakness of an industrial revolution | | | | The writer of these critiques dwells on |
| drawing to a close. When designer brands | | | | the fringes of journalism, neither a |
| seemed as futuristic as putting a man on | | | | critic nor a journalist. It's his |
| the moon and fashion accessories for men | | | | collaborative work with budding and |
| never heard of. The light on class | | | | established fashion designers that |
| distinction began to dwindle. And then | | | | motivates his writing. |