Among my souvenirs - 1950 Studebaker silk tie

[Studebaker Wheel]

Probably a pretty rare item that I have owned for over 30 years. An original silk tie from a South Bend department store. Has a hand painted '50 Champion (done in 1950).

[ndynis]

That is a good looking tie!
Thanks for sharing your collection of interesting Studebaker/Studebaker related items. It is always a pleasure to get a chance to view them.
Nick

[HAWK64]

Thanks for sharing again Dick one of your unique Studebaker items. I only have a new 1952 Centennial tie in its original packaging & I bet you have one of those also!!

[Studebaker Wheel]

Thanks for sharing again Dick one of your unique Studebaker items. I only have a new 1952 Centennial tie in its original packaging & I bet you have one of those also!!

Yes, Jim of course!

[Chris Pile]

That is some cool neckwear.

[raprice]

Richard,
That's pretty classy. Enjoy wearing it.
Rog

[studeclunker]

...and here I thought ties were skinny in 1950. A beautiful accessory in a brave colour.

[raprice]

...and here I thought ties were skinny in 1950. A beautiful accessory in a brave colour.

Actually, ties got skinnier in the mid '50s. I remember because I started college in the fall of 1955. I needed to wear a jacket and tie to class and I remember that the ties were skinnier.
Rog

[studegary]

...and here I thought ties were skinny in 1950. A beautiful accessory in a brave colour.

I remember ties as being skinny in the (early) 1960s. For 30+ years, I had jobs where I had to wear a tie every day. I can remember throwing away as many as 30 at one time. Now I have a few and mostly just use one of them (my favorite) for the few occasions a year when I need to wear a suit, like next Thursday when I go to a college president's breakfast.

[Skip Lackie]

Yeah, ties suddenly became narrow in the mid-50s (what deity makes these decisions anyway?), and I remember laughing at the geezers in my office who still wore those wide ties from the 1950s. They got wide again in the 1970s, so my wife made me replace all my narrow ties with wide ones. Now that I am a geezer myself, I wear the ties that I like and don't pay any attention to their width.

[qsanford]

Nowadays, ties have to be long enough to show under the jacket! A real fashion faux pas back in the day! <G>

[556063]

Robertson's was THE Department Store Downtown. Mother and Grandmother took me there many times in the late 60's and early 70's. I am not old enough to have ties from Robertson's (they closed in the 70's), but do have some from THE Men's Store in South Bend, Gilbert's (they made it into the 90's). Owner Paul Gilbert was famous for his quote in December, 1963, "This is not Studebaker, IN, this is South Bend, IN........" What a beautiful example tying two legendary South Bend names together!

[Dennis L. Henry]

Robertson's was THE Department Store Downtown. Mother and Grandmother took me there many times in the late 60's and early 70's. I am not old enough to have ties from Robertson's (they closed in the 70's), but do have some from THE Men's Store in South Bend, Gilbert's (they made it into the 90's). Owner Paul Gilbert was famous for his quote in December, 1963, "This is not Studebaker, IN, this is South Bend, IN........" What a beautiful example tying two legendary South Bend names together!

I remember buying school clothes at Robetson's and of course Penny's across the street.. They had a "husky" department..