How long till Hermes cartoon/icon ties are laughably outdated? (like acid wash jeans) - Page 8

Very nice for casual wear, but would any of you wear these ties to the office?

With a wall street crowd? No. Perhaps tourists visting Wall Street.

But lets be honest ... they were neither stylish nor fashionable ... anywhere.
Edited by RSS - 9/16/11 at 11:28pm

I can see myself wearing a critter tie in the distant future when taking the grand-kids to the park, or even more appropriately to the Zoo.

Everyone in my desk do it.

BTW I need the elephant polo tie (in red).

I like them ...

 

There is an owl print one I wear when I expect to be doing an all-nighter.

 

Amuses the colleagues. 

Where they ever 'in'? Can't recall seeing them on sale anywhere, let alone anyone wearing one. I've seen ties that have flashing LEDs and play Happy Birthday and Jingle Bells, don't think they're by Hermes though.

These things?

"they were neither stylish nor fashionable", I remember them been extremely ubiquitous though, probably because they where cheap, functional and widely available.

Another one is the awful snorkel parka. Again neither stylish nor fashionable, but cheap, functional and widely available.

Popular for a very long time, from the mid '70s through to the mid '80s

All pretty ugly. If the ties were not Hermes everybody would say that they are horrible, which they are.

They aren't a fashion, they are a product. A certain type of person buys them, and will continue to do so for ever. Like garden gnomes.

I would go so far as to say that a product made only by one company, can never be a "fashion" only a ubiquitous product.

Awful, Awful. If they weren't Hermes people would turn there noses up a lot more at these "designs". A real case of the Emperors new clothes.


That hippo tie would be worn by someone like this:

Holland & Holland used to make -- perhaps they still do but I haven't been inside the store in a few years -- this type of tie as well ... in particular after the luxury group takeover. But given that's company's history of guns and sporting clothes ... this seemed a slightly more appropriate fit. Even so, unless the tie were to be rendered in wool -- for pairing with a tweed coat -- it wouldn't work for me.

Below is one I used to have -- the wool version with hounds and hares I believe ... was given to me ten or fifteen years ago -- but my housekeeper sold it on eBay last year.

Lighten up, guys.

I used to really dislike the Hermes prints - I am sure there's a record on the forum here of me lambasting the designs.

However, I've since come around. They're silly ties, but who gives a toss if you're otherwise well dressed?

Note, however, that I say this as the proud owner of this Chipp masterpiece: