Bow ties for candy stripe seersucker suits

[The Happy Stroller]

To improve my look, self-faced ribbons will be used for the straw boater and bow ties accmpanying my seersucker (SS) suits.

For my blue candy stripe SS suit, a ribbon of blue candy stripes will line the circumference of the part of the straw boater which encloses the head. Similarly, a ribbon of red candy stripes will line the straw boater worn with my red candy stripe SS suit. In both cases, the stripes will be vertical.

A similar colour scheme is to be adopted for the bow ties which will be worn with the two SS suits. However, I am not sure whether the stripes for the bow ties should be vertical or horizontal.

Any helpful opinions?

 

[AlanC]

 

[The Happy Stroller]

Cute pattern, AC, and thanks, but now I'm thinking I may have gone overboard with the too-much self-face pattern scheme.

Perhaps I should wear the candy blue bowtie with the candy red SS suit, and vice versa.

Or, maybe I should consider selecting a bowtie colour that complements a shirt colour, e.g., green bowtie for a pale yellow shirt, purple bowtie for a mint green shirt.

Any suggestions for a stylish SS suit look?

 

[Film Noir Buff]

I would wear a dark necktie, even a black or navy knit tie. Bowties with seersucker suits seem so...very.

 

[AlanC]

Originally Posted by The Happy Stroller

Any suggestions for a stylish SS suit look?

 

[Film Noir Buff]

The selections AlanC posted are very well done. Notice how the dark necktie in the first photo anchors the outfit and makes it less Icecream salesman like.

The bowtie is nice, also notice that it is dark. I do like the belts too.

As for the cow pasture in the background...

 

[PhiloVance]

Not to hijack the thread, but I recently purchased a double-breasted seersucker on eBay, made by Saint Andrews for Bergdorfs. Do you think I could wear those same white bucks with the double-breasted? The bucks look great but they give the look a more casual feel, I'm not sure if this would contrast too much with the double-breasted cut . . .

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by PhiloVance

Do you think I could wear those same white bucks with the double-breasted?
Certainly. Whatever extra dash the DB cut gives that suit is overwhelmed by the informality of the cloth. At the end of the day, it's still a seersucker suit, and all the usual seersucker accessorizations apply.

 

[FLMountainMan]

Wearing it with a bowtie borders on costume. Tread carefully.

 

[The Happy Stroller]

Dandyish?

Originally Posted by Film Noir Buff

I would wear a dark necktie, even a black or navy knit tie. Bowties with seersucker suits seem so...very.

 

[The Happy Stroller]

How about a Kentucky tie? Would that be more appropriate?

Originally Posted by FLMountainMan

Wearing it with a bowtie borders on costume. Tread carefully.