tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72325403711376036082024-02-19T07:06:17.795-08:00SolaDesignsPresenting new concepts in neckwear and accessories to expand your fashion horizons, enjoy!Tom Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08414754510736349472noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232540371137603608.post-23953893682298359112015-01-10T12:27:00.000-08:002015-01-10T12:32:22.735-08:00SolaDesigns now has a website!I'm pleased to report that Sola Designs has its own website now, <a href="http://www.sola-designs.com/">www.sola-designs.com</a>. So have a visit, look around and post here any feedback you like. <br />
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We now have some SolaTies on sale at What's Nu in Davis Square, Somerville MA, so <a href="http://www.sola-designs.com/buzzz/" target="_blank">check 'em out</a>!<br />
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Tom Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08414754510736349472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232540371137603608.post-49025213000329550682014-09-01T14:52:00.002-07:002014-09-14T06:44:00.699-07:00Wearing the SolaTie<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-no-proof: yes;">1) Place the SolaTie around the neck under the collar. The wider end,
should there be one, is on your left:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">2) Make the left side a little longer than the right, then
cross the tie, left over right:</span></div>
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And there you have it. Why knot?</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">If you haven't already, see the introductory post on the </span><a href="http://soladesigns.blogspot.com/2014/08/solatie-concept-why-knot.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">SolaTie concept</span></a><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">.</span></div>
Tom Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08414754510736349472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232540371137603608.post-41222871857720156712014-09-01T06:27:00.000-07:002014-09-01T06:27:09.783-07:00SolaTie concept - why knot?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">The most commonly Googled question in 2013 was: “How do
I tie a tie”?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">SolaDesigns designer Tom Clark answers: <u>don’t</u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, we offer for your consideration the <i>SolaTie</i>:
an unknotted, slimmer variation on the traditional necktie. The SolaTie,
sometimes called the <em>un</em>tie, sun tie, or summer tie, liberates the neck from the tyranny of the knot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">As you’ll see in later posts to this blog, it
works in lots of arrangements, formal and casual, and opens up the alternatives
for men’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and</i> women’s neckwear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">Should it catch on, a new world appears for fashion
accessories: the<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i>SolaTie itself, in
all types of fabrics and patterns, plus the designer jewelry to keep it in
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">So if SolaDesigns has anything to do with it, the
options for neckwear will expand in some very comfortable directions, and shake
up the fashion industry in the process. The fundamental question we ask
is: “Why knot?” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;">The SolaTie had its debut at the 2014 Beyond the
Pattern </span><a href="https://www.somervilleopenstudios.org/artists/artist_profile?artistID=1472"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">fashion
show</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span><br />
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Tom Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08414754510736349472noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232540371137603608.post-30279965646769929832014-09-01T06:07:00.000-07:002014-09-01T06:18:30.246-07:00SolaTie looks<div style="text-align: left;">
A few variations on wearing the SolaTie...</div>
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Some relaxed, open collar looks:</div>
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Two more formal presentations, the first with a mock turtle neck:</div>
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Here the tie is crossed just above the jacket button, creating a vest-like look:</div>
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And here's a close up of the basic SolaTie clip, in silver:</div>
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If you haven't already, be sure to see the first post on the <a href="http://soladesigns.blogspot.com/2014/08/solatie-concept-why-knot.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; color: blue;">SolaTie concept</span></a>.</div>
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