Since the summer, I've said that starting this Fall, I was gonna be all about bow ties. I purchased my first bow tie in August for $1 from a thrift store. Since then I have purchased several more all for less than $10, as I've been leery of investing a ton of money in something I wasn't even sure if I would be able to tie properly. However, it all sorted itself out this past Saturday night. A good friend was having a birthday dinner at Brasserie Beck. After helping her pick out her birthday dress the day before, I was a little anxious about what I should wear. You know that dilemma we girls have in always feeling like we never have anything to wear, well, that's the exact panic attack I had Saturday afternoon about 45 minutes before I was supposed to leave home. Then I remembered my bow ties! Since my favorite J. Crew gingham shirt had just been cleaned, I decided to wear that with a purple plaid bow tie, a stretchy black skirt, black stirrups, and black La Perla pumps. I threw this outfit together in 10 minutes and was out the door (surprisingly) on time! The dinner was a wonderful feast of food and drink and good conversation with great friends. The bow tie got a lot of stares from strangers and some commentary from friends, but I didn't mind. I felt fabulous.
See the pictures below of me in my bow tie, as well as other bow ties I'd like to add to my collection.
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| "Gaudi Door" La Noeud Papillon AUD $145 |
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| "Icecream" La Noeud Papillon AUD $145 |
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| The Perfect Necktie $16.95 |
"A bow tie can be symbolic for nonchlance, flair, eccentricity, prep, intelligence, wit, charm or just plain fun. A bow tie wearer often has an artist's mind, a respect for tradition and yet a renegade at the same time."
- La Noeud Papillon
"...But perhaps most of all, wearing a bow tie is a way of broadcasting an aggressive lack of concern for what other people think." - Warren St. John, The New York Times
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