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Last night I discovered that I cannot tie a bowtie. No. I really, really can't tie a bowtie. I looked at pictures. I looked at videos. I tried figuring it out on my own and came up with something that was vaguely right but total shit. Look, I can't even tie my shoes properly (I'm left-handed and no one ever wanted to show me how, so I have to do it the rabbit-ear way) and I cannot tie a motherfucking bowtie. So, you know, if you know how, and you're gonna be a Gally... I may need your help with the tux thing.

Last night I also discovered that modern tuxedo stud sets are not designed to properly deal with the waistcoat of this thing. So now I've got that on my mind for Gally too.

And I'm still learning how to wear the thing. You can't just put something on, you have to know how to wear it. Really. It takes work. And now I'm wondering if at Gally, I'll just slide into it with perfect ease, or if I'll be even more "goddamn fucking tie" about it. Right so!

And I've got to get my hair trimmed in the next four days.

Um, you guys know I'm a basket of broody, broody issues about Gally this year, right? Like, despite the fact I'm totally psyched.

Tragically, Patty had a migraine last night, cutting short our evening at the Plaza's champagne bar with friends. Overall, I like the Algonquin better. They call me sir when I'm dressed like a man.

But tonight we're off to see The Wolfman.

More on military-influence on fashion, although I hate most of the outfits they show.

If you missed it earlier, the first ep of the virtual season I worked on is uo today. That and tons of other good stuff at tw_itallchanges.

Comments

[delchi.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine bow ties. I have a hard enough time with regular ties - I just can't get my head wrapped around them. I get by, but now and then I get some snark about how I'm ' not doing it right '.

I have often asked , and never had a reasonable answer - as to just what is the purpose of a tie? Outside of some kind of fashion statement does it have any practical use , and why is it that a person is not taken quite as seriously without one?

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Didn't it start out as a dashing Eastern European military fashion that was picked up by civilian dandies? IIRC the colored ribbon round the neck set off a starched white shirt very nicely, especially with the collar up.

Then they turned the collar down, which rather defeated the original purpose, but by that time, ties had gone from fashion statement to standard men's apparel. Men's formal wear being extraordinarily conservative and resistant to change, it still is.

[delchi.livejournal.com]

Wow ... that's more than i knew about it. I recently bought some new shirts and had a flap that covers the buttons put on it so I could go about w/out a tie. Black on black :)

I do like a starched shirt, but only when it fits. I've found that custom shirts are the only way to go.