FRIDAY CHALLENGE 5th SEPTEMBER 2014: LOUD TIES WORN WELL

[sugarbutch]

I daresay that's just a regular old handsome tie, nabil. Get that mess outta here, son! Bring your A game or stay off the field.

 

[Thin White Duke]

 

[nabilmust]

I daresay that's just a regular old handsome tie, nabil. Get that mess outta here, son! Bring your A game or stay off the field.

Thought so!

Might have to withdraw from this week's FC.

 

[sugarbutch]



Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

See? THAT IS A SERIOUS ENTRY.

 

[Coxsackie]

Gentlemen, I present...

THE MESMERIZER!

Apparently he picked it up when he was on shrooms or some other hallucinogen. That is the only reasonable explanation I can think of.

If SB had been on shrooms, he would have just walked right past this tie without even noticing it.

See? THAT IS A SERIOUS ENTRY.

Unlike your own...

 

[Coxsackie]

OK, yesterday I voiced my concerns regarding certain barely-reconcilable conditions of this challenge, and intimated that I might need to re-think my own entry.

I have now done so. Different tie; more attention paid to colour matching; further offsetting the tie's loudness by incorporating other points of visual interest; and attempting better overall cohesion, within the paradigm of a somewhat dignified dandyism.

Whether the result is an improvement on my previous effort is anybody's guess, but I present it anyway. This is now my official entry.

 

[EliodA]

To echo an earlier post: NOW THAT'S A SERIOUS ENTRY!

 

[Coxsackie]

Thought so!

Might have to withdraw from this week's FC.

I like the last photo in your spoilered batch. That's a loud tie within a sharp fit. Substitute that one (I'm sure Gerry will allow it) and I reckon you'll be a contender.

 

[Coxsackie]

I can see this, with pattern on a larger scale, as curtains for a brightly lit English drawing room. Mahogany furniture with upholstery in a monochrome yellow silk of a similar shade. Walls probably in a paler yellow. A black chinoiserie cupboard at one wall. Some blue-and-white Chinese pottery (similar in colouring to Coxsackie's shirt here).

You totally have my ear on this. When I eventually buy my dilapidated Victorian mansion, will you be available to consult on the interior refurbishment?

I was thinking, William Morris prints, French damask silk window dressings with sumptuous tasselled swags and tails, fringed Ottomans in the drawing room, perhaps matching Boulle bas-buffets on each side of the fireplace. Are we on the same page here?

 

[nabilmust]

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Thanks, CS.

But that's a very old post (from summer!) so it probably would contradict the spirit of the challenge.

All good in the hood, though - onwards towards the next FC!

 

[Gerry Nelson]

As winner of last weeks 'All Blues' challenge I present to you this weeks challenge - the loud tie challenge.

All you have to do is to wear a loud tie tastefully - can it be done? Yes? Show us how!

The definition of 'loud' is up to you but it's at the opposite end of the spectrum from soporific.

Rules -
1) Challenge is open to fits from this week only from now until midnight AEST Saturday 6th September (Australian time)
2) Outfits must fit the basic premise of a MC fit i.e shirt, tie, suit/sc, trousers and proper shoes/boots. PS's are optional.
3) The tie must be loud (D'Uh!

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4) The rest of your fit may be as loud (or not) as you want - just remember to keep it tasteful
5) One entry per person - if you submit more than one entry, you must nominate one as your final submission


Edit: Corrected the closing date.

I like the last photo in your spoilered batch. That's a loud tie within a sharp fit. Substitute that one (I'm sure Gerry will allow it) and I reckon you'll be a contender.

Thanks, CS.

But that's a very old post (from summer!) so it probably would contradict the spirit of the challenge.

All good in the hood, though - onwards towards the next FC!

I didn't put any rule on when the outift was worn so if you want to submit that, Nabil, I'll accept it.

 

[nabilmust]

Nah, it's ok Gerry.

I'll leave the entry as is.

I think there was a requirement that the fit was from this week - as is the spirit of the challenges.

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[Gerry Nelson]

Nah, it's ok Gerry.

I'll leave the entry as is.

I think there was a requirement that the fit was from this week - as is the spirit of the challenges.

Fair enough. I stuffed up and forgot my own rule

 

[upr_crust]



You totally have my ear on this. When I eventually buy my dilapidated Victorian mansion, will you be available to consult on the interior refurbishment?

I was thinking, William Morris prints, French damask silk window dressings with sumptuous tasselled swags and tails, fringed Ottomans in the drawing room, perhaps matching Boulle bas-buffets on each side of the fireplace. Are we on the same page here?

Replace the William Morris prints with more French silk as wall hangings - William Morris, remember, was someone who championed the Aesthetic Movement, a reaction against the historicist revival styles (Baroque Revival, Rococo Revival) - having his wallpaper in a room with silk damask drapes and Boulle bas-buffets would be a clash of styles. If you wanted to lighten the look a bit, replace the Boulle with Loius XVI (or even Louis XV) - matching low commodes at either side of the mantelpiece is always a good look (extra style points if there are chinoiserie panels inset into the furniture, inside the ormolu frames).

 

[Cleav]

Late entry (TWSS) am I in?