Beppe's Safety-Pin Tie Clasp
When I showed Beppe's safety-pin tie clasp in two separate looks before it was always with a knit tie. Several people asked if it could be done only with a knit tie - well, I found another photo I hadn't published and he is wearing his safety-pin with a wool (cashmere?) tie. p.s. I bought a safety-pin tie clasp like this at Ralph Lauren for $10 - I also saw a silver version in Paris for $149 Euros.
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post a commentSart, which Ralph Lauren did you find this at for $10? The Ralph Lauren on madison ave in the 70's?
Do you know of any other tie bars from good fashion houses? Mont Blanc makes some nice ones...as does Burberry but perhaps you know something I dont (and you usually do)
oh, the dashing beppe! i am so in love with him and his safety pin.
I've never been keen on tie clips; just let 'em flop, quoth I, but if you want one, no better way to do it that with a safety-pin rather than shelling out mega-big bucks for posh bling.
Kudos to Beppe for (almost) making me want to go buy a really big safety pin & copy his suave look.
I purchased one of these silver "pins" at the RL store in Washington, DC last Fall. Saw it on a couple of mannequins; there, they used it underneath the tie knot, straight through the collar. I don't know if that was right or not, but I tried it at work once and a couple of folks commented positively. It's stored in a matchbox in my cufflinks box. Now I need shirts with holes pre-stitched into the collar.
Dear Lit,
€ this is the symbol for euros. But perhaps sart already made the conversion to dollars...
I think that's a very good present for male friends! i'm going to ralf lauren tomorrow. I hope they have them in spain.
safety pin? i don't think so
Safety pin, hell. I like the whole look. Perhaps Beppe had the good sense too that a pocket square would have been sharply pedantic in this case. On the other hand, a sufficiently soft hat might have worked. We should leave these things to the master.
Two previous Beppe posts:
Beppe Due
Beppe Modenese
Ecce uomo, one might say.
i prefer a safety pin as a collar pin, it would certainly ruin silk tie as a tie bar.
I wore a safety pin tie pin to a job interview recently--except I bought a two-pack of giant safety pins at my fabric store for under $2. I got the job. Thanks, Sart.
I wore it with a vintage woven wool tie that cost me very little. I probably wouldn't try this with a *nice* tie.
I work at Rugby Ralph Lauren in Chicago, we too have mannequins with pins, again, attaching sides of the collar to make the tie knot 'pop.' though i have been told they are just 'industrial safety pins,' i have noticed a major difference: the clasp is obviously changed to make it sartorially friendly. I have never thought of using it for a tie bar...maybe ill sport it to work tomorrow.
I can't find any tie pins here at all, it's such a pain, the guys in the apparently best shop in the city looked at me liked I'd asked for WMD not an accessory.
Is there anyway of getting the Ralph Lauren online does anyone know?