Ten Reasons Why Every Man Should Own a Bow-Tie

1. They're awesome. I know this is obvious, but it's still worth pointing out.
2. As proven in the diagram above, they are extremely tricky to tie, so actually being able to wear one proves how extremely intelligent you are, without having to rub everyone's nose in it at dinner parties by prattling on about Marcel Proust.
3. The young Republicans are taking them over and wearing them with the horrible blue blazer and oxford pants combination that can only be cool if you are Max Fischer. They must be stopped! Wear the bow-tie and make the Republicans find something else to make themselves feel interesting.
4. They are now coming in a variety of shapes, colors, and textures. Yum!
5. Men have so little to make their outfits interesting. It's been the same sillouettes and staple pieces for years. Get a bow-tie and mix it up.
6. Everyone loves someone bold enough to wear a bowtie. It's a proven fact.
7. While you are STILL waiting for your girl to get ready, and are standing around with nothing else to primp because your hair takes all of five seconds to do, now you can adjust your bow-tie, which takes infinitely longer and looks infinitely cooler than adjusting a regular tie.
8. Why are you still reading this and are not out shopping for bow-ties?
9. James Bond wears a bow-tie. Doesn't every boy secretly or not-so-secretly want to be James Bond?
10. You could end up looking like this:

I know.

Doesn't Even Matter

The Femboy Can Dress

While I'm not sure how I feel about this Dazed spread as a whole, there were some lovelies in the mix. Like the plaid blazer (side note: I had a plaid blazer in junior high that never quite fit right, and then my sister wore it once and it fit her like a glove. Obviously, I never wore it again, and have always held a resentment towards my sister for how much better she looks in all of my jackets.)

Or the brocade smoking jacket. And I don't own this, why?

Maybe my denim jacket from elementary school does have a nice place in my wardrobe. Thank you, femboy, for teaching me this valuable lesson! (another side note: I am using the term femboy in the most loving way possible. I adore femboys. I even very recently had a balloon I was shaving as a party game that was very lovingly dubbed femboy, because of his luscious eyelashes. He blew around the backyard for hours.)

I have a very genius friend who makes hairclips and jewelry out of found animal bones. Never thought about just taking the skull and putting it on a chain.

Oh glen plaid, where have you been all my life? I can't tell in the photo, but I hope the shirt underneath is glen plaid as well. I will now be sketching glen plaid suits obsessively, since they appear to be beautiful, and I had to sharpen all my pencils to a deadly-sharp point to learn to draw it properly.

I'm pretty sure I can recreate this look, hair and all, exactly, and look absolutely amazing.

Thoughts? Too girly for a shoot about boy's childhood heroes, or femboylicious?

You can see the entire spread here:
Dazed Digital We Can Be Heroes

Fashion Homage: Marcus Brewer

While you may not think of the little boy trying to learn to be cool in About a Boy as much of a style maven, I think he may be overlooked. Yes, his crooked bowlcut could use some work. Yes, his rainbow sweater is rather odd on a teenage boy.

Unless he's awesome!

Here are a few lovely outfits put together while being completely inspired by Marcus Brewer.

While his mom may be an eye-closing singing wingnut, who appears to be wearing some sort of yetti costume, the new age styling she passes on to Marcus can come together quite well. It's all about chunky knits and odd layering- two of my favorite things.

What is it about school uniforms that they always have to be navy, burgundy, and white? Wouldn't it be great if a school chose something really outrageous, like fuschia and lime green? Just to switch it up, for heaven's sake!

Alexander McQueen sure knew how to make a yetti sweater. That's all I'm sayin'

Craftzine.com blog : Movie Inspired Knits - Sweater from About a Boy

This is the coolest thing I have seen since sliced bread. While trying to find photos of the infamous rainbow sweater from the Dead Duck Day, I happened upon this story of a woman knitting the same sweater for the Badly Drawn Boy music video. Swoon! Swoon! Swoon!

This set includes both the rainbow and some cool new trainers (and the mustard colored chords that I found so charming in the film. Why didn't I know any boys when I was thirteen who wore rainbow sweaters and mustard chords and killed ducks with their mum's homemade bread?)

This is more just what I would have liked to wear on Dead Duck Day, but it still includes a chunky knit cardigan, so it still is Marcus inspired... right?

And while you may be worried as to what happened to this poor little chap, look how he turned out:

Boys and girls take note: When you cut your own hair and wear rainbow sweaters, this is what happens to you: you grow up to star in Tom Ford movies and look sexy as hell.

So what do you think? Fashion icon, or awkward geek who deserves to be killed? And not that softly, either.

In Which I Have No Words to Say that Can Do this Photo Justice

Fashion Homage: Max Fischer

While the preppy look is not really my thing, seeing as it comes from those horrible frat boys who summer in Martha's Vinyard and are enjoying their college years to the fullest extent before joining Daddy's firm (I'm sorry, but does anyone like those boys?), Jason Schwartzman is my thing. As is Wes Anderson. As is the complete genius that is Rushmore. Not only do I want to be president over a beekeepers club and learn to dominate all the adults around me, but I also consider myself a style commentator ('nice nurse's uniform,' 'these are O.R. scrubs.' 'oh are they?'). And the boy has mad style, himself, which crosses over nicely for the ladies.

Nice to know that Louis Vuitton makes cigar carrying cases. Because that's something we all need.

Not only is the hat in this picture amazing, but the general angst portrayed is quite excellent. I think I need to take this pose when I am contemplating my fruitless crushing. No one has ever looked so sad on a go-cart (note to reader, I am a girl, therefore I don't know what this little contraption he is on is called, but since it looks like some kind of racing thing, I choose to deam it a go-cart. so get off my back)

I think my over-use of Marc Jacobs merchandise has to do with the connection between it and Darjeeling Limited, which then means it is connected to Rushmore. See? This also looks like an outfit that Rosemary Cross would wear, or is it just me? Perhaps I should watch the film again, as it has been awhile. It's at least an outfit that she would look really good in.

While I apologize for the quality of this photo, I need not apologize for the amazingness of the green velvet jacket! Lets all start wearing green velvet jackets when measuring up the status quo, shall we? And maybe a monocolored shirt and bowtie while we're at it.

While Polyvore, as amazing as it is, did not have green velvet jackets, they did have this nice green blazer, which I thought would go nicely with something whimsically girly. But I may end up looking back on the green and peach combination with distaste. Thoughts? At least I am sure I would look as debonaire as Max Fischer with a bandaid on my head.

But I guess you've just gotta find something you love to do and then do it for the rest of your life. For me, it's going to Rushmore.

Sibling Rivalry

If you are a man in need of a good sweater, love all things horror, think the GAP is for pansies, and want to be my new boyfriend, it's high time you checked out Sibling. While I would like to contest these sweaters wearable for all, this is men's knitwear with a twist. I couldn't ask for more from this brand. A sweater that screams both Cosby Show and Frankenstein? I'm in love.

This is the greatest sweater of them all. Any boy bold enough for the hairy hands has a key to my heart.


They also do a few other items, such as this adorable hat, while still maintaining the frankenesque theme. While most men probably aren't huge fans of giant pompoms, their girlfriends will love the opportunity to look cute as a button while stealing their boy's clothes.


Would it be inappropriate to wear this to the office? I think not. The skeletons will remind fellow workers of their mortality, and that perhaps we should all take off a little earlier each night. Plus, I would definitely like my boss more if he came to work in this. And looked like this man. And asked me to dinner. Or to marry him.

Check out more of Siblings's amazing collection at the link below.

Sibling London Collection 4