| There are some real treasures waiting to be | | | | intervention of modern technology makes these |
| discovered out there, men's fashion accessories, | | | | gems affordable. Want a matching tie for these |
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| brooches, gadgets, but you have to look hard and | | | | ? Look no further than this page. |
| dig deep to find them and wade through all the | | | | Shane McCoubrey's Signature Designer Silk Tie |
| flotsam. If you're simply browsing, then, all you'll | | | | The Splashes silk tie, as Shane calls it, has been |
| end up with is something mediocre, don't waste | | | | the hallmark of his success as a fashion designer. |
| your time, energy and money, do your research | | | | After working for Gucci and Vuitton he decided |
| and get the most out of your dollar spent. Search | | | | to harness his energies and start his own brand, |
| and save. If you want a kick start in the right | | | | since then he has never looked back. Conde-Nast, |
| direction and save a little time? follow up on these | | | | Drapers and other respected fashion magazines |
| names and you're guaranteed success, you'll walk | | | | have featured the man and his products. But |
| away with some real treasures equal in quality | | | | Shane is bent on keeping a low profile so he can |
| and value to any big brand name, cufflinks, silk | | | | continue playing a hand on role and stay ahead of |
| ties, wallets, casuals, suits and shirts. Ian Flaherty, | | | | the game designing men's fashion accessories that |
| Timothy Everest, Simon Carter, Veritas, Lbb | | | | stand out from the crowd. His Splashes range of |
| London, and Shane McCoubrey, Babbette | | | | silk ties certainly achieves this status. On a base |
| Wasserman, Vivienne Westwood, one thing they | | | | of rich cream faintly overlaid pink and silver |
| all have in common, British, but to be fair here is | | | | stripes are overlaid again with brilliant splashes of |
| another name, Louis Feraud, French. | | | | colour arranged randomly, forming an abstract |
| An Opening Anecdote | | | | pattern, a tie to behold and a very popular choice |
| In 1971 Katherine took the extraordinary step of | | | | for weddings. One thing is for certain you won't |
| ordering tailor made blue denim jeans from her | | | | have to worry about sitting next to someone |
| late lover's Savile Row tailor. Hepburn's | | | | who is wearing the same tie. "Worth more than a |
| commission foreshadowed bespoke denim | | | | look" Now the only matching cufflink imaginable |
| collections launched in 2006 by Timothy Everest | | | | "Cube Multi Coloured Swarovski Crystal Cufflink" |
| and Evisu. | | | | by Ian Flaherty London, like the splashes tie it |
| Louis Feraud designer silk ties a colourful silk tie | | | | sports hundreds of miniature coloured crystals |
| that reflects the brilliant hues of autumn by Louis | | | | that catch the light at every turn and mirror |
| Feraud, using tightly clad floral shapes that fill the | | | | perfectly the brilliance of Shane's masterpiece. |
| tie completely. Semblance of an autumn day: | | | | A closing Anecdote |
| Following in the footsteps of Jean Patou, a Paris | | | | Paris fashion designer, Jean Patou, invented the |
| fashion designer who invented the designer tie in | | | | designer tie. He made silk ties from women's |
| 1920 Feraud sought to introduce a touch of | | | | clothing material including patterns inspired by the |
| femininity to men's accessories, after all women | | | | latest art movements of the day, Cubism and |
| buy 3 out of 4 ties. But Feraud was more than a | | | | Art Deco. Targeted toward women purchasers, |
| fashion designer; he was an artist and | | | | his were highly successful. Today women buy 80 |
| entrepreneur and sought the success of his brand | | | | percent of sold in the US. Therefore ties are |
| name as much as he did his paintings. Now for an | | | | often displayed near the perfume or women's |
| ideal pair of cufflinks to match, easy enough, a | | | | clothing departments. Designer ties made quite a |
| floral rendition using Mother of Pearl by Simon | | | | splash in the 1960s, when designers from |
| Carter. | | | | London's Carnaby Street devised the Peacock |
| Simon Carter Mother of Pearl Cufflinks, the best | | | | Look and churned out wide, colourful ties in a |
| that nature has to offer, transformed into a floral | | | | variety of flowered, abstract and psychedelic |
| master piece by Simon Carter. In this instance, | | | | patterns. Know mod (for modern) styles were |
| the latest laser cutting technology for precision | | | | the forerunners of the hippie movement, which |
| and economics is used to cut and shape Mother | | | | often dispensed with neckties altogether, often |
| of Pearl. The delicate petals frame beautifully a | | | | favouring colourful scarves at the neck, or |
| small crystal representing the bud. The | | | | wearing open shirts with chains or medallions. |