Sometimes I feel the need to slow down and appreciate my surroundings– without snark, sarcasm, or irony. Since the landscape I live in is covered with neckwear, I usually find myself meditating upon some tie or another. Tie o’ the Day is a sweet-looking piece that caught my eye this afternoon as I was ferreting through my holiday ties to organize them. There Tie was, quietly watching me as I worked on the other side of The Tie Room. It simply hung in the closet, dripping with its elegant beauty.
Tie o’ the Day is unassuming in its paisleys of pale yellows and bright blues. This is a tie that cries out for absolutely nothing else. Its beauty is so self-contained that it does not need to clash with a wild shirt. Tie doesn’t even need to be worn by a person today. All Tie wants is to pose on this clean and ironed white shirt. I’ve let it hang like this on The Tie Room door the entire afternoon. Less is sometimes more, even for ties. It’s perfectly acceptable for any of us to sit and stare at the loveliness of this tie– or any other tie– for as long as we deem necessary to de-stress.
FYI I sometimes like to fatten up my neckties, as I did here. I add girth to a tie by tying a thick knot, which shortens the tie and gives the illusion it is wider than it really is. Hey, it’s a look. It’s a fat look. But it’s a look, nonetheless.
