Drake's Diary: Wedding Ties

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End on End Silks

There’s a particular, small-patterned Macclesfield genre of silk neckwear referred to as “wedding” ties, because funnily enough they were, in the early years of the 20th Century, relegated to formal day wedding attire for gentlemen.

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Oxford Weave

These are truly wonderful ties, always woven in contrasting tones of two colours – light and dark – small checked patterns that produce a soft glow. Black-and-white, which results in a silvery hue has always been the most popular, but other combinations include white or cream with blue, brown, purple, green, and almost any other colour you could want.

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50oz Royal Twill

In the 1930s well-dressed men – think Fred Astaire and the Duke of Windsor for a start – began to wear their wedding ties with day suits, and even sports jackets. Astaire loved to wear his tweed jackets and grey flannels with a button- down shirt and simple wedding tie. It was a nice touch of acquired nonchalance gained by mixing the formal and informal together in an outfit.

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50oz Royal Twill

Since the height of the wedding season is almost upon us, we wanted to mention weddings of course, but also note they don’t have to just worn on those occasions. Just one of those little tips we like to think provides a service which readers of other sites don’t. 

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50oz Royal Twill

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