BOLO
Men! Are you up to date on proper neck wear?
I thought I was, but I have just discovered that the western style Bolo Tie is relatively new in men's wear. It is not a part of our heritage from the days of the Wild West as many of us seemed to have thought it had to be. A man by the name of Victor Cedarstaff was riding along the Bradshaw Mountain trials with some friends near this home at Wickenburg, Arizona.
There was a gusty wide that day, and several times Victor had to grab his hat to keep form losing it. The hat wasn't of any great concern to him; it wasn't that valuable to him, but the hat band had a silver buckle attached to it, which the rider prized and did not want to lose along the trail. To safeguard it, he slipped the cloth hat band off with the buckle attached and put it around his neck.
Later he fitted the buckle to a rawhide cord, added a beads as groments on each end to keep the buckle from slipping off, and named his creation a “bolo tie”, because he came to realize how much it resembled of the of the rope with weights attached to both ends, thrown so skillfully by Argentine pampas riders as an efficient weapon.
I bring this up because I have found the colorful bolo tie to be the supplement to casual wear which make the wearer feel dressier. That's about the only reason I have ever heard for wearing any kind of a neck tie - a unifying touch after all else is done, possibly, as an expression of wearer' individualism, as well.
I find Bolo ties to be suitable for women's wear, too. A colorful strand with a light-catching stone design can be the perfect cleavage center of interest for that special moment. The Bolo Tie catalogs are brimming with a fine selection decorative emblems for every mood, any personality trait.
And, bolo neck wear is so easy to tie, too. It may well help solve some of your Birthday and Christmas holiday gift giving problems. A tri-colored set of bolo neck ties with birthstone, holiday or special events designs can be extremely personalized gift both men and women will admire and cherish..
A.L.M. September 12, 2003 [c403wds]
