Can anyone recommend a place to buy a sized bow tie?

[ChiliPalmer]

I'm looking for a self-tie, sized bow tie in a 16 1/2.

This is for a formal affair, so it should be silk, grosgrain, faille, or barathea.

I don't want something adjustable.

Can anyone recommend a place to purchase this?

 

[pmowen]

http://www.tmlewin.com/Black-Barathe...,en_US,pd.html

 

[ChiliPalmer]

Originally Posted by pmowen

http://www.tmlewin.com/Black-Barathe...,en_US,pd.html
The website says it is better suited to a wing collar shirt. Is it because a winged collar shirt can't hide the strap of the bow and the slide adjuster on an adjustable bow? Or does it have to do with the shape/size of this particular bow? Some other reason perhaps?

 

[Sotiris]

I just received my fixed length grosgrain tie from Linda at mainebows.com. Check out the site and send her an email if you're interested n

Great customer service, quality and good prices too. Highly recommended (I also got matching cummerbund).

 

[barims]

^ I've read positive things about Mainebows

 

[agoldf]

NM cut up and resewed an adjustable one for me. They did a fine job.

 

[intent]

Originally Posted by Sotiris

I just received my fixed length grosgrain tie from Linda at mainebows.com. Check out the site and send her an email if you're interested n

Great customer service, quality and good prices too. Highly recommended (I also got matching cummerbund).

Originally Posted by barims

^ I've read positive things about Mainebows

Maybe it's me, but I'm having trouble finding their plain black bow tie. Why make it so hard to find?

 

[ChiliPalmer]

Originally Posted by intent

Maybe it's me, but I'm having trouble finding their plain black bow tie. Why make it so hard to find?
I had the same problem. You have to click on black/what at the top and then click the "next" button at the bottom of the screen to scroll through all of them.

 

[Icehawk]

Try mainebows.com - she made me a custom length one in satin and had it to me in less than a week.

 

[pmowen]

Originally Posted by ChiliPalmer

The website says it is better suited to a wing collar shirt.

Is it because a winged collar shirt can't hide the strap of the bow and the slide adjuster on an adjustable bow? Or does it have to do with the shape/size of this particular bow?

Some other reason perhaps?

Because it doesn't have an adjuster and a wing collar shirt won't cover an adjuster.