Bow tie

Bow ties, or slight variations thereof, have also made their way into women's wear, especially business attire. The 1980s saw professional women, especially in law, banking, and the corporate world, donning very conservative tailored suits, with a rise of almost 6 million units in sales.{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-history-of-the-pantsuit-456/ |title=The Revolutionary History of the Pantsuit |first=Erica |last=Euse |date=March 21, 2016 |website=Vice.com |access-date=March 11, 2019}} These were often worn with buttoned-up blouses, some with pleats up the front like tuxedo shirts, and accessorized with bow ties that were slightly fuller than the standard bow ties worn by their male counterparts, but typically consisting of the same fabrics, colors, and patterns as men's ties.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

Bow ties, or slight variations thereof, have also made their way into women's wear, especially business attire. The 1980s saw professional women, especially in law, banking, and the corporate world, donning very conservative tailored suits, with a rise of almost 6 million units in sales.{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-history-of-the-pantsuit-456/ |title=The Revolutionary History of the Pantsuit |first=Erica |last=Euse |date=March 21, 2016 |website=Vice.com |access-date=March 11, 2019}} These were often worn with buttoned-up blouses, some with pleats up the front like tuxedo shirts, and accessorized with bow ties that were slightly fuller than the standard bow ties worn by their male counterparts, but typically consisting of the same fabrics, colors, and patterns as men's ties.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

[[Russell Smith (novelist)|Russell Smith]], style columnist for Toronto's ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', records mixed opinions of bow tie wearers. He observed that bow ties were experiencing a potential comeback among men,{{cite book |title=Men's Style |first=Russell |last=Smith |page=135 |publisher=Macmillan |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-312-36165-5}}{{cite news |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |title=Rock the bow tie without looking nerdy |first=Russell |last=Smith |date=November 15, 2008 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/rock-the-bow-tie-without-looking-nerdy/article67729/ |quote=Bow ties are tricky. They carry strong connotations: conservative, newspaperman, high-school principal. They are instant signs of nerddom in Hollywood movies. They look fastidious but not exactly sexy.}} though "the class conscious man recoils at the idea" of pre-tied bow ties and "[l]eft-wingers ... recoil at what they perceive to be a symbol of political conservatism." He argues that anachronism is the point, and that bow tie wearers are making a public statement of their disdain for changing fashion. Such people may not be economic conservatives, he argues, but they ''are'' '''social''' conservatives. In Smith's view, the bow tie is "the embodiment of propriety", an indicator of fastidiousness, and "an instant sign of nerddom in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] movies", but "not the mark of a ladies' man" and "not exactly sexy". He attributes the building of this image to the association of the bow tie with newspaper editors (because of their fastidiousness with words), high-school principals, and bachelor English teachers. Most men, he observes, only wear bow ties with formal dress.

[[Russell Smith (novelist)|Russell Smith]], style columnist for Toronto's ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', records mixed opinions of bow tie wearers. He observed that bow ties were experiencing a potential comeback among men,{{cite book |title=Men's Style |first=Russell |last=Smith |page=135 |publisher=Macmillan |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-312-36165-5}}{{cite news |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |title=Rock the bow tie without looking nerdy |first=Russell |last=Smith |date=November 15, 2008 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/rock-the-bow-tie-without-looking-nerdy/article67729/ |quote=Bow ties are tricky. They carry strong connotations: conservative, newspaperman, high-school principal. They are instant signs of nerddom in Hollywood movies. They look fastidious but not exactly sexy. I like them.}} though "the class conscious man recoils at the idea" of pre-tied bow ties and "[l]eft-wingers ... recoil at what they perceive to be a symbol of political conservatism." He argues that anachronism is the point, and that bow tie wearers are making a public statement of their disdain for changing fashion. Such people may not be economic conservatives, he argues, but they ''are'' '''social''' conservatives. In Smith's view, the bow tie is "the embodiment of propriety", an indicator of fastidiousness, and "an instant sign of nerddom in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] movies", but "not the mark of a ladies' man" and "not exactly sexy". He attributes the building of this image to the association of the bow tie with newspaper editors (because of their fastidiousness with words), high-school principals, and bachelor English teachers. Most men, he observes, only wear bow ties with formal dress.

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