After describing his “Purple and Rose Thirties Era” tie in his January 7, 2007 entry, blogger Bill Stuivenga of Will’s Vintage Ties asked himself how he knew whether a tie was from the 30’s as opposed to the 40’s, answering that he didn’t really, relying on instinct and hints his ties had to offer over [...]
If someone asked me how my friend’s father Walter dressed, I would say, he dressed in work clothes. His typical dress was work jeans, a long sleeved shirt with his sleeves rolled up, and a cap. For many years he wore a white Greek fisherman’s cap, but in later years he wore baseball caps.
He added [...]
There’s no better feeling than loving what you do for a living. Just about nothing like looking forward to going to work every day because you work with a great group of people. Combine that with working for a company which decides to run a program to raise money for charity, and you’ve got a [...]
When I first purchased Roseann Ettinger’s book 20th Century Neckties, Pre-1955, I really liked the personal touch the author provided in the dedication near the front page. There, next to a photograph of her father and mother, was a portrait of her mother and her name hand painted onto a solid color 40’s tie. Ettinger [...]
