A bow tie, tied by hand, is one of the last signals of genuine effort in formal dressing. The slight asymmetry of a hand-tied bow is the point. It says that someone was here, paying attention, doing it properly. These are bow ties for evenings when that matters: in silk, wool, and cotton, in a range of patterns and solids that work from black tie to the sort of dinner where the dress code says smart and leaves the rest to you.
