Buying the Holiday Tie for the Man
Manolo says, one of traditional gifts for the man, one which is frequently and justifably open to the mocking, is the cravat. This it is because too often the purchase of the gift tie it has devolved into the opportunity to buy for your loved one the novelty tie made of the cheap material.
Trust the Manolo most sane men do not wish to wear the cheap novelty tie. Most sane men wish to wear the tie that compliments the complexion and emphasizes their superior sense of the style.
Yes, when you were twelve years of the age, your father wore to his place of employment the “super special tie” you presented to him for the Dia del Padre. And so you now believe that every man wishes to have the novelty tie, never mind that your father did not that year receive the promtion from his boss, who would never again give the poor old man the full measure of the respect he deserved.
This year, do not humliate the man in your life with the gift of the ridiculous and/or perhaps blasphemous tie, instead spend the little more moneys and buy for him the silk tie like this from the Ermenegildo Zegna…
This tie above, it meets the Manolo’s standards for the gift tie. Firstly, it of the highest quality, and secondly, the color it is strong, and the pattern it is interesting without being overpowering.
Here is the tie from the Dolce and the Gabanna that at the first glance appears to be less than it actually is…
If you look at the closeup of the whole tie, you will notice that despite it having only the black and the silver, that the pattern nonetheless pops and is filled with the life-affirming pizzazz.
Here is another in the family of the yellowy gold, this one from the Kenzo…
Again, the color is strong and the pattern it is just whimsical enough to enliven the tie, yet not so whimsical as to endanger the prospects for the promotion.
One of the Manolo’s rules for the gift giving is that the perfect gift it is something that the recipient would hesitate to buy for himself, but once owned could not imagine living without. This Kenzo tie, it is of that type, the type that will be worn more frequently than you would have initially imagined.
There are many more ties worth the giving at the Manolo’s Cravats Worth the Wearing.
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Lori 18 years ago
The Kenzo makes the smiles!
desertwind 18 years ago
Remember your old Spirograph?
Or, how about a virtual one?
Gina 18 years ago
I used to work for Fortune 100 company that had an “Ugly Tie” contest every year. The company newspaper had a fun story about it one year. The 60-year-old winner claimed that he forgot about the contest … but he really wanted to be in it. So he went over to a young co-worker and asked to borrow his tie. The older man won the Ugly Tie contest with the borrowed tie. The young tie-owner was reportedly miffed that an entire committee thought he showed poor taste in ties.
Rob D. 18 years ago
Should I become a father someday, I plan on always keeping a simple black tie in my glove compartment or my desk so I can switch out any ugly ties I get from my loved ones.
La BellaDonna 17 years ago
La BellaDonna’s dear father was most difficult to buy for; he worked in advertising, and was a man of decided and fashion-forward taste. And so, one year, the young La BellaDonna, she scoured the many vintage shops, buying from them the most beautiful, most high-quality ties she could find as the gift for her father. The time came, as it always does, to wrap the gift, so La BellaDonna found the box in the nearest size to fit the beautiful ties. The box, it was a trifle large, so La BellaDonna carefully put packing around the ties, and happily wrapped the box and its treasures.
On Christmas day, La BellaDonna’s father opened his pretty package, and looked at La BellaDonna with total bemusement, and it took La BellaDonna a moment to realize why he was so puzzled. The only box La BellaDonna could find was the large box which said “Kleenex,” and she had carefully packed the ties with the fluffy white tissues! She started to laugh, and her father, he kept pulling. The tissues, they came out, and then one after another, the beautiful silk ties in the colours of the rainbow, and the box, it was the only joke among them.
Edward R. 17 years ago
When watching movies from the 70’s, I wonder what the people were thinking when they picked out such awful ties. I think we have the answer. Was the last design someone’s idea of the ‘whimsical trip of a still-wet Jackson Pollack painting through a florist’s shop’?
tiptoe 17 years ago
tiptoe LOVES the Wildties website. She would wear zee wild ones if she were a man. She thinks she might wear the eyeball one anyhow. She will buy her son a medical one or two even though she knows the son will hate the ties as he came out conservative. tiptoe, she finds the Gonorrhea tie over the top even for her. *creepy*
The son thinks she’s a crazy ole woman as she’s looking for Cole Haan G Series Hagen Celeste (metallic) tenny shoes and the L.A.M.B. Gwen Stefani Gold Love Sneakers. The tiptoe knows that the Hagen’s hardly exist now, but it gives meaning to her life to hunt them down, especially the pink with zee silver ones. She will find the cheapest price for the Gwen with gold. Crazy shoe people at eBay are asking $100.00 more than the L.A.M.B. Gwen site.
This tiptoe, she appreciates the design and workwomanship of stiletto, pointy minus a toe shoes Manolo loves. But she can not and will not toddle around in ankle breaking shoes minus a little toe.
tiptoe, she loves the Manolo and doesn’t drop by often enough.