100 Days, 100 Ties

Hey there! I really missed this…it’s good to be back.

Déjà worn

I almost had a wardrobe malfunction–or rather a wardrobe misappropriation–last night. If you’ve read 100 Days, 100 Ties recently, you may know that I moved to an apartment over the weekend. I was getting some of my things at the house, and I realized that I had not moved any of my remaining ties to the apartment. I had taken this hanger-full of already-featured Ties du Jour, but no newbies. Good thing I took some to the new place, huh? I just know the world breathed a collective sigh of relief…crisis averted.

And, now, dang…sorry, that expletive got through. Da*g, another brain cramp. My picture of my tie didn’t turn out very well.  It’s a striped number from Tommy Hilfiger, and it’s mainly pink. But in my flash-less iPhone photo exposé, the pink looked an awful orange. Can’t have that, right? I’ll get a picture on here when I get back to the apt.

So, imagine if you will, a pink tie, with randomly-sized stripes…blue, kelly green and white. I was told it was a perfect post-Easter tie; it certainly was perfect on this sunny day. Yeah, sorry, it’ll have to wait for the picture.

Argh. I wrote all that hours ago, back when I thought I could run home (from my house), re-don the tie, take a picture, check picture for pink-ness, upload properly pinked pic, finish the blog, go to bed. Nuh-uh. Got home, did the tie & picture part, then realized I’d left the ol’ laptop at the house. Ye gods…

At long last...the Tommy Hilfiger pink

Before something else is found amiss, I present the picture of the TdJ. I drove hundreds, maybe thousands, of yards to bring it to you, so act appreciative.

No surprise, but the picture doesn’t do justice to the detail that Tommy and Company gave to this springesque homage to the Easter egg. The grain on each color of stripes is different…no idea how they do that. Well, that’s why Tommy sells ties (and I buy them).

Speaking of Tommy Hilfiger, a quick shout-out (is it a type-out?) to my friend Eimir O’Sullivan. Eimir and I were in junior high together down in Memphis, and she’s been with them for several years.

Quick resolution for tomorrow…let’s have a day where things go a little more smoothly, including the blog.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for your patience.

Brooke

One of the culprits

A rabid micro of moths (yes, that’s the name for a collective group of moths) attacked my collection of ties and destroyed every single one. Oh, the humaniTIE!

April Fool’s!

Is that Trevira Polyester?! However do you afford it?!

Okay, now that that’s out of the way, I want to get to today’s tie. It is actually the perfect tie for a fun day such as today. Not because it’s green, and looks like it used to be attached to your Great Aunt Mildred’s couch, but, well, it’s a clip-on! I guess that’s my tie-based homage to April Fool’s Day. Enjoy feeling fooled!

It is from Mitzi Cravat, and the label is another hilarious instance of a designer’s trying to polish a turd…it says “ALL TREVIRA POLYESTER.” As if the word ‘Trevira’ is supposed to make someone think that it’s a good polyester. “Well, honey, Trevira sounds like a city in Italy, so it must be fashionable.” Oh, yeah, and it’s a clip-on.

Last week I talked about Thriftgeek…this one is from there, as well. They are out of their Evanston space, and will be heading down to 3858 N. Lincoln in Chicago. If you get a chance, check them out when they re-open. Susan and BJ are great, and deserve your patronage.

Have a wonderful Easter weekend. I’m off tomorrow, so there may not be an individual tie featured, but I’ll try to post a pic or two from all of my ties being moved. Such an adventure for them!

Thanks for reading…Brooke