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Shaun Gordon - stylish maker of stylish ties

Thursday, 12 December 2013

Shaun Gordon isn't yet a grey fox, but he has unofficial status as such. A man of real style, he dresses in that timeless way that suits a man of any age (the jacket is vintage, tweaked by his tailor). He's a perfect gentleman and a skilled tie-maker, launching a new range of beautiful ties this week.

Shaun Gordon - Image courtesy of Kahlil Musa

I met Shaun for coffee recently and our conversation roamed far and wide. We found that we were both influenced by stylish grandfathers. Shaun says on his website -
My earliest memory of my Grandfather was him dressed impeccably sharp. He was very charming and most importantly happy. I never understood why he dressed the way he did until I wore my first tie to school, my first job interview, first date, weddings, formal and social events. I had the feelings of pride, importance, confidence, a sense of purpose and happiness every time I wore a tie.

Now, I wear ties everyday because the act of wearing them is a ritual for starting the day by feeling good. This is the reason why I am a tie-maker to become apart of your daily experience and creating for you luxury limited edition hand-made ties.

Shaun carefully selects silks and told me that he spends much time meticulously making each piece - a lot of hard work and love goes into each tie. They are objects of real beauty and real bargains at £75 each - no machine-made objects these.

Click here to see the range of Shaun's hand-made ties.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ShaunGordonTieMaker
Twitter: Twitter.com/SGordonTiemaker

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  1. Antoine Becaglia14 December 2013 at 11:40

    Nice write up and Shaun seems to be a lovely man. Funny how things are different for people: for me, wearing a tie means: constraint, formality, obligation, conformism and is far away from all idea of independence and freedom in the way one dresses.

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  2. Laurence17 December 2013 at 14:16

    I used to think that way Antoine, but I'm slowly starting to change and on occasion now I wear a tie, just for the hell of it.

    Three years ago, I owned two ties, and I'd owned them for the best part of twenty years, wearing them for weddings and funerals.

    Now I have about twenty or more, and am slowly building up a bit of a collection, mainly on ebay.

    Since I've never worked in a job requiring a suit, I think the "constraint and conformism" means to not wear a tie. Wearing a tie for me means getting odd looks and fielding questions about whether I'm going off somewhere special for the day.

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