Godiva Knows: Ties for Father's Day?

Godiva Knows: Ties for Father's Day?

It seems like for years we have been giving dad a tie for father's day.
It has been sort of like a tradition.
The one thing that is always okay to get the most impossible person in the world to shop for.
Ties always fit and there is not much to getting one that will match anything in mind.

Over the years, we have seen ties go from thin to fat to bowed to ascot to clip-op (Bar Mitzvah/Communion circuit?) and back to thin again.

Now for the bad news just in time for Father's Day.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that, after 60 years, the Men's Dress Furnishings Association – the trade group that represents American tie makers – is shutting down.

"Association members now number just 25, down from 120 during the 1980s power-tie era. U.S. tie companies have been consolidating. Others have closed because of overseas competition as the U.S. market share for American-made ties has fallen to about 40 per cent, from 75 per cent in 1995," the association says.

The biggest reason for the group's demise: "Men aren't wearing ties."
Could this mean the end of Father's Day?
Will this mean that we must find something new for day that fits and matches?

According to a recent Gallup poll, the number of men who wore ties to work last year dropped to a record low of 6 per cent, down from 19 per cent in 2002.

"Although sales are expected to get a bump around Father's Day (Sunday) the future of neckties is very much in doubt."

"Historically, the guy wearing the navy suit, the white shirt and the burgundy tie would be the CEO. Now he's the accountant," commented Marty Staff, chief executive of men's clothing company JA Apparel Corp. "Power is being able to dress the way you want."

No, no, no.

If you were to get a tie for dad, what would it look like?
I mean, maybe ties will be back neck, I mean , next year?

In case you care, it has been reported, that if men were to wear a tie, it would be a slim one.

Macy's recently resized its men's ties; now a tie that had traditionally been 4 inches at its widest will shrink to 3 1/2 inches.


Today's ties are a major shift from the 4-inchers of decades past, when skinny neckwear was reserved for Hollywood.

And the shift comes as the icon of men's fashion — the tie — makes a comeback. Huh?


Unlike their wider counterparts, slimmer ties add youth and flatter even larger waistlines, he says. Still, 1-inch ties aren't for everybody, either. Men care a lot about slimming, we all know that...

From suits to lapels, men's fashion is slimming across the board. For an extra kick to dad's wardrobe, consider pairing a gift of a slimmer tie with one of the newer, more fitted shirts.

You know, in reality, every man needs at least one tie.
It could be used over and over again for work, job interviews, funerals, wedding, and whatever you may need one tie for once a year.

So, I say, go for it.
Buy dad a tie for Father's Day.