May 18, 2007
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Ties for Our Guys
One of my bestest college memories involves a Target finally opening up in my liberal, anti-chain, smalltown college town. However, I was honestly very skeptical about their wedding line of shtuff. I subsequently turned around and bought four tie + pocket square sets the first day they started hawking the wedding wares online. I had this brilliant idea to bargain shop over the months we were engaged for various patterns and shades of ties in either black, brown, or aqua for the groomsmen. Alas, this lazy bride found a few coupons online for Target and decided to hit the “checkout” button instead. It’s only a few months out. I haven’t shopped for menswear yet, so it’s highly doubtful I will at this point, and I know our guys would not appreciate having to shop for their own.
White for my groom, aqua for his groomsmen.
Yes, I’m getting matchy matchy here [see invite paper and bridesmaid dress swatch]. I very much dislike the matchy matchy. However, I dislike shopping even more.Thank you, Mr. Mizrahi, for letting this lazy bride spend so little money on the matchy!
All wrapped up in dotty, spotty goodness!
Quality you ask? Not bad considering the price I paid. After a free shipping coupon and another 5% off coupon, I paid less than $20 per guy including shipping and tax. However, the hem on the pocket square is not so hot.
Hmm…my macro function isn’t giving me any love these days. Sorry for the blurriness, all.Upon figuring out that the edge seams most likely need to be hidden, I realized I don’t know how to fold a pocket square. Unfortunately, all of our guys are quite the polar opposite of Fonzworth Bentley as well. So I hit up my dear friend Google for advice. Off of Google’s first page of search results, here are my three favorites. To get into my top three, you must include visuals, of course. I especially like the first link’s origami-style illustrations
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http://www.samhober.com/howtofoldpocketsquares/pocketsquarefolds.htm
http://www.mens-fashion-tips.com/fold-pocket-squares.html
http://www.neckties.com/foldinginfo.php
Comments (2)
target’s mizrahi line is so awesome–economically priced wedding dresses, bridesmaid/party dresses, shoes, purses, ties, jewelry–i’m excited at the great timing for all of this to be available!
Cute!!
You bought these at target? I always see stripes when I go to the store…