Just an interesting thing that I found out while getting my act together for a formal event a week ago.

Remembering how nice Brewboy looked wearing a red Ruche tie with his formal attire, I thought that I'd cast about for a black one. Searching the internet for "Ruche Tie" bought up nothing but vendors overseas. Time was getting short so I figgered that it wouldn't work with the shipping time involved. A very random part of the search revealed that US tuxedo joints don't refer to it as a Ruche tie but rather as a Shar-Pei tie...yeah, that's right...like the wrinkly dog...Shar-Pei. Looks like I could have gotten one locally had I known the correct nomenclature. Live and learn.

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