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Speaking of Towncraft DeLuxe. Anther nice one. Come to think of it, I don't know that I have any food-themed ties. I have a couple that someone covered in food though. Does that count?

:eeek: No, that doesn’t count. :p

I have a tie that has cocktail recipes on it. Really good for bar night. :p
It is actually a Cohama tie. I am finding out recently that Towncraft usually double tagged their items which makes sense because some of their ties are of such a caliber that they definitely had to have been made by the better manufacturers of the time like Cohama, Botany, Hollyvogue and Wembley et al.
 

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Thanks Gents.

Metatron, interesting tie. Any make?

Nothing exciting, Marks and Spencer St Michael.
In fact some of the old M&S stuff is very nice, but whenever I walk into their shops nowadays, I find their products are thoroughly conservative and lacking in design. No flair at all.
It's a shame, because as we all know, classic needn't be boring...
 
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Nothing exciting, Marks and Spencer St Michael.
In fact some of the old M&S stuff is very nice, but whenever I walk into their shops nowadays, I find their products are thoroughly conservative and lacking in design. No flair at all.
It's a shame, because as we all know, classic needn't to be boring...

Agreed but most ties today are dead boring.:doh: I suppose they all think we were in the military, school alumni or some organization with all the prevalent stripes et al. :rolleyes:
 

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. . . I find their products are thoroughly conservative and lacking in design. No flair at all.
It's a shame, because as we all know, classic needn't be boring...

Agreed but most ties today are dead boring.:doh: I suppose they all think we were in the military, school alumni or some organization with all the prevalent stripes et al. :rolleyes:

Unfortunately, I cannot recall the brand name, but I came across a handful of modern Italian ties in a thrift store a while back that, from afar, fooled me for vintage. They were silk with beautiful brocades and vibrant Bold Era graphics. I would have snagged them if they hadn't been so long. I stumbled across another one a couple months ago that also fooled me from a distance. If my torso were a foot taller, they might pass for vintage. Since that's not the case, they are simply moments of excitement from afar followed by horrible disappointment up close.:p
 
Unfortunately, I cannot recall the brand name, but I came across a handful of modern Italian ties in a thrift store a while back that, from afar, fooled me for vintage. They were silk with beautiful brocades and vibrant Bold Era graphics. I would have snagged them if they hadn't been so long. I stumbled across another one a couple months ago that also fooled me from a distance. If my torso were a foot taller, they might pass for vintage. Since that's not the case, they are simply moments of excitement from afar followed by horrible disappointment up close.:p

Tie a full Windsor. That will make a tie shorter. :p
 

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Today's peach: 4" wide, labeled "By McCurrach, woven of Celanese, rayon" and "Auburn's Leaning Store: Marshall's for men and boys":

 
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