Nautica Heritage Collection Ties $23.00 – $55.00
The “suggested retail” price is pretty steep (read, perpetually inflated since it’s Macy’s) but you can almost always find these for at least 40% off. That drops them to $33 without any coupons or anything. Here’s what they have going for them:
- They’re a perfect 3″ wide
- The patterns are classic but not stuffy
- The colors are toned down and the stripes are uniform and defined
- Some of them have a real nice texture to them.
The 40% off $33 price point is perfect for Macy’s card holders since you likely get a few coupon cards each month. One of which is often a $10 off $30 purchase. That drops the price to a very friendly $23.00.
The makeup on the textured bar stripe ties is a disappointing 57% poly / 35% viscose / 8% wool, but they look much better than you’d think, and definitely have that wool matte look with a slightly rough feel to them.
Ties a real nice knot too. Keep an eye out in store since they don’t appear to be available online just yet.
Saw these in person and was very surprised as last time I was at Macys they had 0 ties that were wool, cotton, or at least NOT shiny silk.
Very nice ties and patterns, but the $55 felt too rich.
Professor Dapper,
If I were to say “looking for quintessential fall wool ties, deals and steals preferred”, what would you say in response? Please forgive me if I’m pulling at future material.
Thanks Again,
BC
I was going to make a thread about this collection on the Dappered forum.
I saw them in person at a Macy’s last week – they are GORGEOUS. The quality also seems to be top notch. I particularly liked the plaid patterns, none of which I see pictured here.
Granted, I do feel the MSRP is a bit steep, and would rather wait for a sale. But if I were to spend $55 on a tie, it would probably be on one of these.
Quick question Joe – you said these tie a good knot. What kind are tying, a 4IH? A Kelvin? 3″ wool tie knots can be a bit tricky.
I’ve tied the red and blue stripe in everything but a full windsor so far.
This post prompted me to check them out today – pretty good indeed, both texture and width (I am nincreasingly convinced that 3″ is the best, ultimate, uber-right, tie width for any application, permanently). But the price is a dealbreaker $55? Just 20 more gets you a thick, all silk, grenadine tie from Kent Wang.
Professor? Uhhh… I’ll take it.
Try these:
http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/public-opinion-plaid-tie/3186654
http://www.thetiebar.com/order_page.asp?pn=22620
http://www.thetiebar.com/order_page.asp?pn=22427
http://www.thetiebar.com/order_page.asp?pn=23275
The two ties seen here – http://dappered.com/2011/09/fall-style-essentials-%E2%80%93-2011/
http://www.jcrew.com/browse/single_product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTprd_id=845524441814952
Eh?
Joe, as highly as I value your opinion – those Tie Bar ties do absolutely nothing for me. For as much as people hype The Tie Bar, I am rarely impressed by anything I see there. The J. Crew & Nordstrom ties you posted are quite nice, though.
Brock, might I suggest:
http://www.express.com/narrow-wool-tie-plaid-39107-76/control/page/2/show/3/index.pro
http://www.express.com/narrow-wool-tie-plaid-39108-76/index.pro
(you will find more sharp wool ties at any Express store, depending on the season)
http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=598228&CategoryID=8401#fn=sp%3D1%26spc%3D40
http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=598231&CategoryID=8401#fn=sp%3D1%26spc%3D40
(same goes for Macy’s, check out the new wool Tommy ties in-store – only a few seem to be posted online)
And quite strangely, I’ve had the best luck finding wool ties at my local Salvation Army. For some reason almost every visit I find beautiful slim wool ties amongst a sea of wide 90’s polyester crap. In fact, I just picked up 3 for $3 last weekend, and have found about 10 total in the past year or so! None of them are name brand, rather labeled with the name of an independent (and sadly I’m guessing now defunct) menswear store. Makes me wish I had a time machine!
Per thetiebar ties. They’ll look better in person. Plus, they’re $15 before shipping. I’m a bit of a minimalist myself. Those Hilfiger ties make my eyes feel like they’ve had espresso injected into them 🙂 Second the suggestion on thrifting. Sometimes you get lucky, but in some markets / areas it’s 100% polyester crap.
Joe G.,
Great recommendation with the Salvation Army route – I’m in the process of acquiring “antique” furniture and plan to be frequenting consignment/thrift/used shops in the near future. Thanks for that.
Joe Dappered,
I enjoyed your fall style essentials piece – unfortunately I live in a state where wearing an orange article of clothing affiliates you with the school opposite my alma mater and subjects you to relentlessly questioning, and believe me, I wish I was overstating the perceived severity of such a decision. Said state also doesn’t posses an Urban Outfitter so the ties from your post were systematically removed from my sartorial reach. I didn’t want you left thinking that I neglected your articles or the search function. However, I found your other ties to be a prime start for my search.
If you existed on RateMyProfessor, you’d have earned a staunch A.
Best Gentlemen,
BC
Update – just went back to buy one of them. At checkout, the cashier piled on some sort of discounts, so it came down to $28 total.
I have the brown stripe one. Sharp tie.
I’m pretty sure I have the second Express tie there. It’s great.
Yeah I saw these yesterday and the entire table seemed to be 40% off (including some slick, slim Hilfiger wool ties). Penguin makes some amazingly awesome ties but none of those were on sale, unfortunately.
The Penguin ties I mentioned earlier are 30% off now and virtually all the ties at Macy’s are on sale right now. I picked up the gingham one above, plus two Penguin ties for me and one for a Christmas present. Get your asses to Macy’s, dudes!
I pretty much wanted to buy the other 3 ties in the picture too, but I’m not made of money!
Incidentally, the gingham one is 100% cotton, not some poly blend.
I’m a little late to the conversation, but, I picked some of these up today for $13 a piece at TJ Maxx. You may want to keep an eye out at your local store as they are an absolute steal at that price.
Marshalls just got a bunch of the Tommy Hilfiger flannel ties for $12.99. Very similar to the nautica ties for much cheaper. Also, if you have a Belk nearby, they have the exact same ties, but the MSRP on the tag is $24.50 vs. Macy’s $55. I know Macy’s is always on sale, but so is Belk.