Ascot ties: Sharp-dressed man, or silly old man trying to look hip?

treeguy64

treeguy64

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OK, my gf is giving me grief because I ordered an ascot tie. She was cracking up, telling me I'll look ridiculous. That strengthened my resolve to get the tie and wear it! She admits that people have come up to us, when we're out and about, and told us how sharp we look. I'm to thank/blame for that, as I insist, at times, that we get dressed to the nines, for the fun of it. In one ultra-hip men's store, a shopper, a guy, came up to me and asked if he could shake my hand, no lie. At a concert, and we were standing in the back, the lead singer told the spotlight guy to put the light on "the sharpest dresser he had ever seen (me)," and asked me if I wanted to manage the group. I declined, but it was a hoot!

So, weigh in, here: Will I look cool, or like Thurston Howell, III, Ascot.jpg back from Gilligan's Island?

I have to add, I sometimes hit a certain fashion note right before it becomes the next new (old) thing. My grandfather was a tailor who dressed some of Chicago's most popular politicians, back in the day, and my mom was a fashion consultant for an internationally known, exclusive men's store on Michigan Avenue. She dressed Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hugh O'Brian, among many others. I dressed the guys on my dorm floor, in college.
 

How can we tell unless we see the real you in it?

I've always thought they were for aging men or aging male movie stars to hide their turkey necks, but that doesn't mean they look bad....it's just the first thing that comes to mind.

Let's see a pic?
 
treeguy64 said:
OK, my gf is giving me grief because I ordered an ascot tie. She was cracking up, telling me I'll look ridiculous. That strengthened my resolve to get the tie and wear it! She admits that people have come up to us, when we're out and about, and told us how sharp we look. I'm to thank/blame for that, as I insist, at times, that we get dressed to the nines, for the fun of it. In one ultra-hip men's store, a shopper, a guy, came up to me and asked if he could shake my hand, no lie. At a concert, and we were standing in the back, the lead singer told the spotlight guy to put the light on "the sharpest dresser he had ever seen (me)," and asked me if I wanted to manage the group. I declined, but it was a hoot!

So, weigh in, here: Will I look cool, or like Thurston Howell, III, View attachment 48805 back from Gilligan's Island?

I have to add, I sometimes hit a certain fashion note right before it becomes the next new (old) thing. My grandfather was a tailor who dressed some of Chicago's most popular politicians, back in the day, and my mom was a fashion consultant for an internationally known, exclusive men's store on Michigan Avenue. She dressed Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hugh O'Brian, among many others. I dressed the guys on my dorm floor, in college.
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Wow, gets my vote!
 

Hold on, that's not me! I'll post a pic of myself wearing it, once I have it. Amazon told me it'll be here this Thursday. Oh boy!
 
It surely beats strangling yourself with tight collar and necktie.
Wear whatever you like and do it without regard to anyone else's opinion.

If you like it when it comes, order another half dozen in pleasing colours and patterns.
 
I'd say some people can carry it off
Let's see yer mug

As for me, it's all I can do to put on a shirt, let alone neckwear


there was that one time, however
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I say wear whatever you like. Ascots have been proper men's wear for at least a century. Look at it this way, women wear whatever they feel like anytime they want and if a man has the unmitigated gall to say a word about how she dresses then he will have a bobcat in his face --- quickly. So, I say suit yourself and to heck with what anyone else thinks.:)
 
I don't care for the ascot tie but if you want to wear one you should. Although I appreciate the fact my husband wouldn't wear something he knew I didn't care for. I'm glad too, otherwise he'd be wearing a big ugly wide brimmed straw hat to keep the sun off his face!
 
Wear what you like and what you think suits you, but if you're asking for our opinion on whether it will suit YOU , then we must get to see a photo of you wearing it...so get yourself all dressed in your best bib and tucker and your new tie, and take a picture... :D
 
  • Ascots are more informal; they’re tied under the collar.
  • Cravat can refer to all ties.
  • There are cravat styles that aren’t ascots, ties or bow ties.
The cravat is, by definition, the original form of neckwear. It’s what ties and bow ties evolved from. It’s the style King Louis XIV adopted from Croatian mercenaries. It can even refer to all ties, including ties and bow ties. Refer to this previous post for more details on the cravat.This is an ascot, a type of cravat:

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The ascot, like the tie and the bow tie, evolved from different forms of the cravat during the 19th century. The term “ascot” comes from the Royal Ascot horse race, where men would wear a looser cravat as part of their morning dress. That’s why the ascot is often called a day cravat, as A Suitable Wardrobe calls it. It is less formal; it’s tied under the collar.This is where it gets confusing:

When someone says cravat, they could mean the ascot, or they could mean other forms of cravat ties still remaining from the late 1800s. Here are two common examples: The first is tied with a tie, and the second is tied like an ascot but over the collar.

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As you can see, what separates an ascot from a cravat is the placement, which also influences formality. Ascots are less formal than the other cravats pictured.The biggest problem with the ascot-cravat vocabulary is that ascots are the only cravat style with their own unique name.
Ascot photo credit: Esquire

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