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Seeing Double If you ever see another tie exactly like yours, chances are you're looking at the guy who made them both. When I purchase fabric for the Antique Kimono Collection, I am buying small pieces of deconstructed kimonos that were originally made in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. The antique kimonos are lovingly taken apart, piece by piece. The larger panels are then sold for high dollars. The smaller pieces often end up on Ebay where I purchase them. Some of the pieces I've purchased are as narrow as six inches wide and vary in length. This will be made into a unique, one of a kind bowtie. Larger pieces will yield two, and sometimes three bowties. Pricing for these unique ties is commensurate with scarcity. Because of the patterns on these pieces each tie will be similiar but not identical. So, even though I was able to make three ties from the fabric, each one is unique. |
Critical Mass In summer of 2000 The Tie Doc achieved critical mass. Over the summer vacation Doc created enough ties for his personal collection so that he could wear a different tie every day of the year. Imagine how big a tie rack would have to be to hold 365 ties.
Actually, I have two tie racks... Worn & Not Worn. Every summer, I re-sort my tie collection and place all of them on the Not Worn rack. As a tie is worn it's returned to the Worn rack. All year long one collection diminishes while the other increases. I don't have to worry about remembering if I've worn a particular tie or not. If it's on the top rack, it's available. If it's on the bottom rack, it will become available next August when I sort my collection again. |