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Soporific Tie Pr0n

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Originally Posted by davesmith
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That tie is cash money. Wait. Sorry. That tie *has* cash money.
 

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Originally Posted by Manton
I think of silk shantung as a summer fabric but otherwise consider silk year-round.

Similar to silk shantung, is silk madder reserved for a specific season?
 

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Originally Posted by voxsartoria
Madder is for tweed and flannel.

So, if you have San Francisco summers, madder can still work in the summer.


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FTFY
 

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Originally Posted by voxsartoria
Madder is for tweed and flannel.

I think this can be bent sometimes. There are some madders that are nice with worsteds.
 

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Originally Posted by Manton
I think this can be bent sometimes. There are some madders that are nice with worsteds.

Wsheeewww, I wasn't sure but I'm relieved you chimed in on the subject. I would think the scale of certain motifs and those madders that lack the smudge appearance are suitable.
 

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Originally Posted by NOBD
^ Nice tie, jrd. Very happy. The colour is much deeper and more vivid than I expected, and it's beautifully made. I'll do a proper fit pic (with a different shirt) another time, but I had to try it on yesterday:
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Can I ask what shirt that is? Really dig the textured look.
 

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Originally Posted by NOBD
You mean Vox and Fred?

Fred needs to waste a lot more of his life on SF to be considered an old timer
 

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Originally Posted by jas0nt
Can I ask what shirt that is? Really dig the textured look.

Fabric is Thomas Mason:

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Fred needs to waste a lot more of his life on SF to be considered an old timer

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Some of my most used soporific silks.

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A little closer:

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Wools to come.
 

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Sufficiently soporific?
 

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