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