CLOWER, LEE: © Lee Clower.
A NAVY AND WINE REGIMENTAL
A BLACK SILK KNIT
THE REGIMENTAL TIE WAS ORIGINALLY A WAY FOR THE WEARER TO DISPLAY AN AFFILIATION WITH A CLUB, SCHOOL, ORGANIZATION, OR ASSOCIATION. SOME OF THE SHOPS ON SAVILE ROW AND JERMYN STREET WILL NOT DISPLAY THE REGIMENTAL TIE SO AS TO SPARE UNEDUCATED, FOOLISH TOURISTS THE EMBARRASSMENT OF ATTEMPTING TO PURCHASE A TIE FOR WHICH THEY DON’T HAVE AN AFFILIATION.