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We were pleased to hear that Aaron inspired NY school teacher Jeff Vasquez who taught for 1000 school days straight without missing a day (what a beast!)  The 1000 day perfect attendance and meeting Aaron at a sneaker meet-up inspired Jeff to go for 1000 days of bow ties to raise awareness about underachievement in the public school system.

Hearing about Jeff and his story we were immediately all-in and shot him one of our spring silks.  Might we say he looks mighty fly in his seersucker.

You can follow Jeff here or help close the achievement gap with a donation here.

GO JEFF GO!

Yesterday Oklahoma City Thunder Player James Harden was named the NBA’s 6th man of the year.

Today we name him absolute baller of the year in that bow tie.

Look at that red blazer.

Like. A. Boss.  Boom.

It’s a hand made film of a hand making a suit for a handy hand man.  Hand hand hand hand hand.

Love the part where he picks out his bow!

Via Hypebeast

One thing that really sharpens our saw are groups and people out there doing good, especially in the New Orleans Community.

Son of a Saint is one such group.

The group was founded by Sonny Lee with objective of a deeply underserved community- the fatherless youth:

We’ve had the chance to meet Sonny and he’s a great guy.  Please spread the word- while you may not be able to help directly, you may know someone who can.

A tug of the bow and a nod to you Sonny!

We like you so much we’ll let you wear whatever that thing is on your neck on our page!

Happily we report we were used as the intro to the fashion section (natch).

And the Commander-And-Chief gets a lil 2 page spread love:

Boom.

You can check out the issue here:

Thanks for the coverage InvadeNola!

But really they’re Bow Tie Buffs who are out to stamp out pajamas around school as U. of Colorado bow tie club president Reed Chervin points out:

“I think the idea is just to have a elevated level of dressing-up on campus.  I think a lot of members in the club get sick of seeing sweatpants at classes.”

We can dig it.  Mighty sharp young man.  Mighty sharp.

And if you need your Chris Farley fix, here’s the clip in its entirety.

USA Today

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“See any problems with that?  Yes, there’s one pretty major problem.  I’m 41.  41 year olds can’t wear white rims, we cant have our hair in our face.  We have to have babies.”

“Grown men hate shopping- I’d rather french kiss my dad.”  

Via Selectism

Big time Bow Tie ambassador Dhani Jones is working to make the bow tie the “international symbol of conversation.”

If you’re ever in a social situation in one of our bow ties, you know that it’s all that people want to talk about.  Bow ties break down barriers and allow dialog to open.

It’s inspirational to see Dhani using bow ties and that open dialog for so much good.

And might we say he looks damn good doing it!

Bow Tie Cause

A great look into how a book is made.

Coming soon- how bow ties are born?

Via Gizmodo