Bow Ties

[Stirling McQueen]

That's a shame, Henry. Like Mael Coluim, I see no reason to limit oneself to long ties when wearing a kilt. It may make you seem a bit eccentric, but you're already wearing something a bit out of the ordinary!

I picked the long tie because it is the same yellow as the stripe in the MacQueen tartan so it picked up the accent color nicely. Of the dozen or so bow ties that I own the only yellow one I have has blue monkeys on it and that did not seem appropriate for the occasion. I just need more bow ties that match my kilt!

Peace
Henry

[Peter Crowe]

I only tend to wear a self-tie black bow tie with my PC or Dinner Suit (tuxedo), although I have a white marcella one for when I am in academic sub-fusc with gown and hood. I own three beautiful patterned self tie bow ties, but feel I am still too young (I just turned 45) to wear them with a lounge suit or sports-jacket/blazer and flannels without looking like a Tucker Carlson wannabe (which I am most certainly not ). I like the look but feel I need to reach more venerable years to carry it off with any credibility.

[highlander999]

I usually wear one about once a week, maybe every other week, just to mix things up. Easy to tie, not in the way... And they give that Professorial look

[chrisupyonder]

I only have 2 black bow ties. One silk self tie and one pre-tied. I only wear a bow tie with my black argyle for more formal accasions. I don't think my lovat blue tweed jacket and 5 button vest would go well with a bow tie. I could be wrong though given a suitable colour.

Chris.

[JSFMACLJR]

I wear a bow tie perhaps 80% of the time I wear a tie. I've done so since I was in college. Funny thing, though, I rarely wear them with the kilt, except for formal events.

I have 30 or 40 bow ties. Yesterday I wore a bright red with white polka dots bow tie. I looked quite dashing, I was told!

[Mickey]

I rarely wear a necktie as it is, but a bowtie is for black tie only for me.

Outside of black tie events or Highland games, I can honestly say that I don't think that I have ever seen anybody actually wearing one in person.

[creagdhubh]

I wear a bow tie perhaps 80% of the time I wear a tie. I've done so since I was in college. Funny thing, though, I rarely wear them with the kilt, except for formal events.

I have 30 or 40 bow ties. Yesterday I wore a bright red with white polka dots bow tie. I looked quite dashing, I was told!

Sandy, you and your two sons wear the bow tie very well, I must say! Some men can't pull it off, but you and your sons definitely do.

Best wishes,

[fluter]

When I wear a tie, it's a bow tie about 98 percent of the time.

I don't usually wear a tie to work, but when I read the original post this a.m. I was sitting at my desk wearing a nice stripe.

HeadShot-BowTie by arcturus1997, on Flickr
I wore the same tie to and from church Sunday (in church, my sub-fusc is a purple tee shirt).

I suppose I have about 16 bow ties, and a couple of black satin and white marcella ones. Most have been acquired in the last 5 years or so. There are solids, stripes, and a few patterns.

[Tobus]

I'm in the camp who only wears a bowie for really formal occasions. I wouldn't mind wearing one regularly to work, etc., but it just isn't done here where I live. A man wearing a bowtie non-formally would be teased mercilessly and sniggered at openly. Of course, that happens when wearing a kilt too...

[cck]

I have worn a bow tie for many years. It started when I was in medical school and we had to wear ties and coats to class. A bow tie met the requirements and was never in the way in the laboratory. Now I wear them about half the time a tie is needed and always one I tie myself. They last for years - it is hard to spill things on them.