“Toast and marmalade for tea, sailing ships upon the sea aren’t lovelier than you”. What a cheerful little song; Recorded by unknown band Tin Tin and produced by the late Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees. You can also have honey on your toast. And when you’re ready to don the shirt and tie, try a pair of honey coloured cats eye cufflinks from Veritas Gifts. One gentleman decided to match them with an abstract floral tie by Patrick McMurray. “Nice colours for spring”
“Calling on inter-planetary craft”, most extraordinary: Semblance of some planet from outer-space, it’s just landed and stamped with Westwood’s unmistakable brand, The Orb, without (it), also in Onyx and Pearl. “Collect them” before they take off.
Check and striped ties don’t have to be considered conservative. It’s all about colour pattern and texture and doing something out of the ordinary, without going overboard. Here is an example; definitely out of the ordinary, definitely light on conservatism
"To be different" Polka dots, you can't go wrong and the variations of, texture, dimension, pattern and colour, add-infinitum, a designers delight. And all the variations are in this tie. It might lack conservatism, but we like to be different.
"The one that got away" Here trapped in lifeless form with no detail left to guesswork, right down to glistening scales. Measuring 33mm long and 11mm wide, they're in perfect proportion. Made from pure English pewter and double coated with Rhodium to give many years good linkage; taken from Ian Flaherty's Country Enamel animal collection.
The floral styles of the 70's are back. Next in line: floral shirts, jacket linings. Timothy Everest got off the mark early with his Spitalfield Flower tie, an inspiration for us, hence this rendition on satin silk.
Ian Flaherty has captured the action of the race track with this still life, its finite detail something to behold. We did have the whole collection but the country Mallard sold out, you've got to be quick.
