The 10 Ugliest Bow Ties Money Can Buy
When it comes to men’s neckwear, you’d be surprised how expensive Ugly can get. I’ve scoured the internet for The World’s 10 Ugliest Bow Ties to keep away from when hunting for the perfect piece.
- #10 The Wooden Bow Tie: There's nothing worse than a well dressed man ruining his ensemble with one of these surprisingly popular $65 wooden bow ties. Have you fallen victim to this fashion craze? Re-gift it as a paper weight, use it as a mixing spoon, use it as a ping-pong paddle. Just please, for god's sake, don't call it a bow tie.
- #9 The 3-D Printed Bow Tie:What were the jerks at Monocircus thinking when they designed this thing? It looks like something out of a Dr. Who loving, arduino fiddling, theater nerd's wet dream. At $113 a piece, maybe they can print themselves a girlfriend.
- #8 The Oliver Python Leather Snakeskin Bow Tie: Are you a top or a bottom? Send the right message with this $275 Christopher Chaun bow tie made from the skin of a python and underlined with lamb. While I'd call python leather inappropriate for most occasions, I predict this bow tie to be the go-to accessory at this year's famed Folsom Street Fair.
- #7 The Peacock Feather Bow Tie: This $189 bow tie really flipped my bird. Don't let the designers at Brackish fool you - their selections of hand-picked peacock plumage will not get you laid.
- #6 The Paper Bow Tie: A hand-made paper bow tie by 1010designstudio on Etsy for $25.90. Etsy continues to fight capitalism and consumer waste by providing a platform for people to pawn off up-cycled candy wrappers at ludicrous prices. We recommend wearing this piece of glorified origami on a rainy day.
- #5 The Rabbit Fur Bow Tie: Nothing says high-fashion like accessorizing your adam's apple in this red bow of rabbit's flesh. Designed by Adrienne Landau and the fashion blogger BryanBoy, this fashion duo brings you a bow tie that's sure to ruin your day.
- #4 The Burlap Sack Bow Tie: This tie takes Pinterest's current obsession with rustic weddings to a new level. Be sure to read the fine print before adding it to your shopping cart; this tie may only be worn after snatching up your child bride in a potato sack and accepting a dowry of twenty heads of sheep.
- #3 The Vanity Bow Tie in Beaver: A tuft of fur plucked from the pelt of a French beaver and wrapped in a regimental striped ribbon. We all know there's nothing the dapper man likes more than a dead beaver in his face, but this $169 beaver bow tie from Barney's New York is just damn awful.
- #2 The Cor Sine Labe Doli Primo Metallic Ceramic Bow Tie: Don't let this $235 bow tie's pretentious name and steep price tag fool you into thinking you can pull this off. Not even Kanye can pull off this caliber of nonsense.
- #1 The Cane Toad Bow Tie: Securing its place as #1 on our list of Most Ugly Bow Ties, the particular foulness of this accessory by the Toadfactory will project a certain bizarre bravado that probably won't get you promoted, but will at least keep people from chatting you up at the water cooler.
Some of the other ties are a little dinky, but that feather bow tie is gorgeous…how unique. It must take so much time to handcraft something so beautiful. What a way to pay tribute to nature’s beauty…
Hi Em, yes it is a beautiful piece, but also one that shouldn’t be worn. =)
I don’t think those are the ugliest ties, I think those are the best conceptual art by handicraft.
I guess we can wear this to any casual occasions. I love the collection mate great piece.
Hi Sophia, thanks for your input. I was having fun with this post. I do think there are some very ugly pieces in there. There are two bow ties however, the burlap one and the feather one, that are right on the edge of being artistic rather than ugly. =)
Hey Hendrik,
I actually think the wooden bow ties are quite fun. Very inappropriate for a formal occasion but meant for things like black-tie brunches, wine tasting, and relaxed summer weddings. Anyways, love the piece and hope you are doing well!
Jeff (Ilana’s husband)
HI Jeff, thanks for the comment and your thought on the wooden bow tie. It is definitely something that has been trending in terms of men’s neckwear. That being said, who am I to judge… =) This post on the “10 Ugliest Bow Ties” was written in good fun. Personally though I couldn’t imagine wearing a wooden bow tie myself. There are so many nice fabric bow ties out there, that there is no need to go for materials like wood, metal, acrylics, and even stone (all of which do exist). Anyways hope you guys are doing well. Stop by sometime and I would be happy to get you some new bow ties (made from good old fabric) =)
I OWN one of the “ugly” wooden bow ties! IT’S GREAT!! The first time I wore it, many people stopped to do double takes. Of those, several asked if the tie was wooden.
It’s a great looking tie an very unique!
You are missing out!
HI Jack, people turned around because they thought “damn that bow tie is ugly”. =) thanks for the comment. Don’t take it personal but I do think wooden bow ties are ugly and a fad that will go away very soon.