{"id":15230,"date":"2013-12-27T05:13:28","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T10:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=15230"},"modified":"2019-11-26T06:39:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:39:13","slug":"new-years-eve-bow-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/12\/27\/new-years-eve-bow-tie\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year’s Eve Bow Tie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maybe I’ve been watching too many old movies lately, but I love when a man dresses up. There’s something about a crisp, white shirt, a tie, and the scent of Mennen Speed Stick that makes me weak in the knees.<\/p>\n

That said, bow ties are making a comeback – they’re not just for Pee Wee Herman or elderly Southern gentlemen in seersucker suits anymore. I’ve been noticing a lot more men wearing them. Maybe they’re fashion-forward, or perhaps it’s because they’ve dripped soup on their neckties one too many times. So gentlemen, when you’re getting dressed this New Year’s Eve – consider a bow tie!<\/p>\n

(If you want to make one – there’s a tutorial here<\/a>!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maybe I’ve been watching too many old movies lately, but I love when a man dresses up. There’s something about a crisp, white shirt, a tie, and the scent of Mennen Speed Stick that makes me weak in the knees. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,19],"tags":[995,1650,3674],"class_list":["post-15230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-sewing","tag-bow-ties","tag-denyse-schmidt-fabric","tag-diy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-3XE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40389,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/04\/09\/a-bow-tie-for-easter\/","url_meta":{"origin":15230,"position":0},"title":"A Bow Tie for Easter","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"April 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s our annual tradition that I make a bow tie for the Boy to wear on Easter. 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