Thanks to Matt Smith, bow ties are cool (again)...

[bryce]

Doctor Who prompts increase in bow tie sales!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...-prompts-surge-in-popularity-of-bow-ties.html

 

[Cutter John]

YAY!

 

[jamestyler]

This is not good...

 

[AdmiralGarak]

Makes one wonder. If the show had this level of popularity when Colin Baker became the Doctor, would British teens all start dressing like him? Would the British style spread across the globe so that we all had to wear patchwork coats and clown pants to look cool?

 

[Venardhi]

no.

 

[OmahaStar]

Makes one wonder. If the show had this level of popularity when Colin Baker became the Doctor, would British teens all start dressing like him? Would the British style spread across the globe so that we all had to wear patchwork coats and clown pants to look cool?

An entire planet emulating the Sixth Doctor? Ah, bliss.

 

[DAK]

Makes one wonder. If the show had this level of popularity when Colin Baker became the Doctor, would British teens all start dressing like him? Would the British style spread across the globe so that we all had to wear patchwork coats and clown pants to look cool?

I would hope people would have more common sense than that! Ewwww! I think I need some brain soap now.

Bow ties make sense - you can't get them caught (or have others stick them) in car doors. There was some logic to his choice.

Then again, I think Matt Smith would look good in just about anything.

 

[Starkers]

Makes one wonder. If the show had this level of popularity when Colin Baker became the Doctor, would British teens all start dressing like him? Would the British style spread across the globe so that we all had to wear patchwork coats and clown pants to look cool?

An entire planet emulating the Sixth Doctor? Ah, bliss.

Only if the planet in question was Alderaan

 

[Scotty]

No. Bow ties are not and will never be cool again. No matter what the Telegraph claims.

 

[Sci]

No. Bow ties are not and will never be cool again. No matter what the Telegraph claims.

Bow ties are cool -- when they're part of a tuxedo.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Doctor Who prompts increase in bow tie sales!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...-prompts-surge-in-popularity-of-bow-ties.html

This thread bomb is strangely appropriate, I think...

 

[G2309]

I don't like regular ties I think I'd prefer a bow tie.

 

[davejames]

Smith definitely makes it work, but I still wouldn't call it "cool" by any stretch.

 

[AdmiralGarak]

Bow ties make sense - you can't get them caught (or have others stick them) in car doors. There was some logic to his choice.

Good point. I hadn't thought about it that way.

 

[Maestro]

I've bought two as a result. And learned how to tie them.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Sales across the UK have increased from 25 to 50.

 

[Dar70]

I hate when clothing fads start because of a tv show. It makes the people adopting said clothing look extremely pathetic. That said I do like Matt Smiths look for the show but I dread people imitating it on the streets.(Thankfully I doubt this is going to spread beyond the UK.

This whole story reminds me of the second Matrix film. Just before that film opened a young guy was walking down a street near my house. It was early May about 1:00pm. This guy was wearing a long black coat with sunglasses and his haired combed simliar to Neros. It was obvious he thought he was the ONE.

 

[Captain Pike]

Bow ties always were cool.

I used to wear a bow tie sometimes, back in my uni days..

 

[Orcus]

I hate ties in general and avoid them like the plague - bow ties even more so. They are evil...

However, I would certainly wear a Doctor9 jacket if I had one...

 

[timelord1010]

Is this because of Matt Smith's Doctor or George Will?