Les Pois Polka: Les Chroniques de Julien Scavini

The silk ties always present an important variety of patterns. The club pattern, diagonal stripes, is very well known and appreciated by connoisseurs. The flowering flowers in G and other stylized medallions are of the best English taste. The small patterns, slightly humorous, are a specialty of the Hermès sailor. As for the sequences and more or less dense geometric repetitions, they constitute the essence of the current ties of Gucci, passing through Zegna and Charvet. The tie and its pattern always have a meaning and there is a tacit hierarchy of formalism. The club tie is known to be more relaxed, it is often the insignia of the circles and clubs. The diamonds and tartans are also quite informal, especially large format. On the other hand, the finer patterns are rather dressed. At the top of the pyramid is the small-weight tie. On a single background are sown points, more or less spaced. Generally, these weights are the size of a pinhead, 1 to 2 mm. The density is variable. If the circles are white, the tie will be very dressed. But the circles can also be very colorful, which will be hardly more relaxed. Thus, the two most formal ties are gray with white weight and navy blue with white weight. These are two essentials of all pendants. It is with them that every man should get married. With the jacket, the gray tie with white weight is highly recommended. As for Winston Churchill, he inscribed in history the white weight on a navy blue background, visible on his butterflies. The Anglo-Saxons call this pattern the polka dot. By a curious association, the eponymous dance, the polka, is mixed with the name. The development of this regular pattern, in the 19th century, is a cousin of the plume-tie used in feminine sewing. The latter, the plume-tie, has more relief. In the 1930s, weight ties became very fashionable, a taste that has not been denied since then. Sometimes the points swell with the effect of style. In their time, Maurice Ravel, the Duke of Windsor, or Otto Preminger, appreciated huge weights. Such visual intensity is still dear to the seamstress Tom Ford.