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Bow Ties: Tie One On

Shops 2010

By Melissa Colgan

Once the mark of cultured and jaunty chaps like Bogart and Sinatra, the bow tie is enjoying a resurgence in fashion and pop culture—hello, Chuck Bass! Beyond its practical advantages (e.g., avoiding “tie soup”), a bow tie can lend a gentlemanly, nonconformist swagger to any style. But how to don such neckwear without looking like Jerry Lewis, Mayberry’s Barney Fife, or a Chippendale dancer? Opt for a hand-tied, slightly tousled bow in a manly palette of navy, ivory, sapphire, or black.  

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Navy and ivory houndstooth ($55), by Altea, from MartinPatrick3, 121 N. 1st St., Mpls., 612-746-5329, martinpatrick3.com
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