Link:
http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product.jhtml?id=prod95613151&catId=cat304100
Yecch. Busy, tacky, and shamefully expensive.
Why do you ask?
[I find it pretentious with a starched white shirt, but it could be a nice tie with a bold color.
I like it.
I kind of dig it. It’s one of those things you have to look closely at to get what it is, and I like the color. It stands on the cliff overlooking Busytown, but it’s not quite jumped.
Somewhat confused.
It’s pretty uggo. I get that it’s kind of a visual fashion joke, and could appreciate it as such, but I don’t “like” in it the way one should like a tie.
One Hundred and Twenty Five Dollars? :eek:
It’s been a while since I’ve been in the market for a tie but good gawd, it should at least either (a) look good or (b) give good heaa…<ahem> well you know what I mean.
I may be a quilter, but I don’t like a patchwork look on men, sorry. And I love ties…just not this one.
I would have thought for the price that they’d have been able to make it all from one fabric. 
It looks kind of fun to me. I think it would work a lot better around your neck than it does on the rack (or on the website, in this case.) I wouldn’t spend $125 on it, though. Wait a season and it’ll be at Ross for 1/10th of that or less.
I wouldn’t buy that tie if it cost five dollars, let alone $125.
I’m sure there’s some reason they think they can get away with charging $125 for a tie like that, but I can’t for the life of me fathom what it is. :dubious:
Not so much.
Fugly. And odd. “Patchwork” says “country” and “casual” – not usually the feeling you’re trying convey with a tie.
Perhaps these ties might be better?
It looks like something some knob who shops at J. Crew would wear. It’s up there with corduroy pants with little pink whales on them.
If you want to be a real snoot, you have to go where the actual real snoots buy ugly ass ties. But they are quality ugly ass ties.
I talked about this with a friend whose taste I generally trust, although we agreed to disagree on trendy patchwork, which I dislike and he likes.
We agreed that the way the tie’s displayed is very likely also influencing the way I feel about it – the shirt doesn’t look very neatly done; it’s unbuttoned as well, and the tie knot is a 4-in hand which looks lopsided. And loose to boot.
All of those smack more of ‘kid down the store who doesn’t use an iron’ instead of ‘after 5PM on a long day at work’ to me. The former category of tie-wearers is not generally known for its sartorial taste when it comes to articles of sunday-go-to-church clothing.
I’d have to see it with another shirt. It’s not doing a lot for me. And the price seems pretty high. It’s out of my league. I’ve never spent more than $65 for a tie and usually more like $45 for a nice one.
It looks like some kind of odd uniform tie – like a blue plaid that would go with a boy’s catholic school uniform. It also strikes me as an very young person’s tie, someone who doesn’t have of lot of self confidence and is searching for an identity. Or someone who doesn’t like ties, has to wear one, and is showing his dissatisfaction by choosing a clown tie.
Hmmm. That’s a lot to put on a tie.
Oh well, you asked.
I hate it. Yeah I can see it’s ironic in a “look at me I’m wearing a tie that makes your eyes hurt,” kinda way, but that just strikes me as unchecked douchebaggery. Wow, I never knew a tie could evoke such strong feelings from me.