https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 15:09:04 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1286865 Tue, 24 Jun 2014 19:38:32 +0000 cheryl 1286865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fantastic story and wonderful pics. This made my day and I will be sharing this with my daughter who is the biggest Doctor Who fan I know. :)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1286096 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 23:39:11 +0000 pil 1286096@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is quite the birthday cake! Perhaps we'll be seeing your daughter on Top Chef one of these days? Your son is (don't tell him I used this word ) adorable in his bow tie and suit. You can show him how to sew his own this summer! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1285794 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:20:54 +0000 Angie 1285794@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a fun story. And fab cake. DD is adorable and DS looks killer. No wonder you're a proud Mama. xo </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1285787 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:15:58 +0000 ManidipaM 1285787@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>awwwww... misty eyed and speechless. Both young folks are very cool. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1285680 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:21:52 +0000 Alassë 1285680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a wonderful story about your son. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1285600 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:07:55 +0000 Beth Ann 1285600@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jeanie:&nbsp; I see the 10th Doctor (David Tennant) is your son's doppelganger!&nbsp;&nbsp; My DS wan't his sonic screwdriver now, too!&nbsp; Was he wearing Cons?</p> <p>Ornella:&nbsp; You are so sweet for remembering my SING acronym!&nbsp; I'm still sorting our the changes, but I put them in action yesterday on a group outing to a kid's Technology museum and a "Organ Piper Music Palace."&nbsp; Yep.&nbsp; Pizza and a Theater organ.&nbsp; It was a slice of Wisconsin, with duck decoy sounding as part of the pipes. The wonderful women in this group, all around my age, aren't style conscious, and I didn't want to overdress.&nbsp; A slightly softer color palette, white and chambray and, following Angie's recent ensemble, brown accents.&nbsp; That was the ticket!&nbsp; But I didn't sing, because it would have been rude.&nbsp; Until he starting playing the Phantom medley.&nbsp; Hee. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1285402 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 09:02:18 +0000 Ornella 1285402@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hahahaha, what a great inspiration for Master O.&nbsp;:-)</p> <p>Your kids are so beautiful. And happy birthday, super Beth. "Why shout when you can sing?" - did you know how self-stretching and solu-searching&nbsp;it is to live this principle in life, not just with one's wardrobe ;-)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1285376 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 05:29:25 +0000 Jeanie 1285376@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is a lovely cake. &nbsp;Yum. &nbsp;I love how Dr. Who is making boys think a bit about fashion. &nbsp;Your DS look totally dapper in the suit and how cool is it that he wore a bow tie with jeans. &nbsp;I love that. &nbsp;We are total Dr. Who fans here. &nbsp;My DS put together this outfit for Halloween and has been sporting the 10th doctor's hairstyle for a while now. &nbsp;Such fun! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1285232 Mon, 23 Jun 2014 01:50:20 +0000 Beth Ann 1285232@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This morning, DS wears his bow tie again, this time with jeans and a button down.&nbsp; One of my friends said, "Give him a bow tie, and he's a completely new kid!"&nbsp; It's true too -- he has an air of fun and confidence that is noticeable. I wonder if this is what we experience when we hit upon a look that truly represents us. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1285146 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 22:49:06 +0000 columbine(erin) 1285146@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had to read this because of the title! Bow ties are indeed cool and so are your kiddos!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1284977 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 17:20:12 +0000 Beth Ann 1284977@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hah!&nbsp; Diana!&nbsp; My son has a serious perfectionist streak, if I let him tie his own <i>I'd never get out the door</i>!&nbsp; I do agree with you, though.&nbsp; Maybe I'll let him Dad teach him!</p> <p>Crutcher:&nbsp; Freezing them, locking them up -- I think about it all! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1284842 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 14:00:38 +0000 Diana 1284842@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Bow ties ARE cool. &nbsp;My husband has a small collection of them. &nbsp;</p> <p>Can I just add though : if you want to be REALLY cool, you learn to tie your own. &nbsp;None of this pre-tied nonsense!</p> <p>Love the pics. &nbsp;DD's cake looks amazing and DS does indeed look too cool for words. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1284767 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 10:26:55 +0000 crutcher 1284767@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love bow ties and birthday cakes and children at just the right age...Freeze them..preserve them and put the memories in a special box at the top of a shelf where nothing can change or destroy their wonderfulness...As you navigate the teen years, mom, you just may need to take these special times down and remind yourself that these two, bow ties and birthday cakes are the same children...THX for this view of two very special children...(Loveth the bow tie part...)</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1284755 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 08:33:24 +0000 Ledonna N. 1284755@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Awe thanks for the lovely story and pictures and tell the son he looks so dapper. And DD did an amazing job with cake. I'll bet it taste as great as it looks. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1284743 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 07:26:29 +0000 Caro in Oz 1284743@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another Whovian here Your son looks cool </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1284716 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 05:39:01 +0000 JAileen 1284716@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My father always wore bow ties. I used to make them for him, so of course I think they're cool. </p> <p>Your kids sound delightful! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1284711 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 05:27:09 +0000 Adelfa 1284711@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Did I miss your birthday? Happy birthday!</p> <p>So fun to watch them grow. And bow ties ARE cool. I'm trying to talk my son-in-law into adopting them so I can give them to him! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1284704 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 05:16:37 +0000 MsMary 1284704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yum!&nbsp; You are a very lucky mom!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1284696 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 04:56:40 +0000 Beth Ann 1284696@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, we've eaten fish fingers and custard!&nbsp; I love that cooking scene!</p> <p>The cake is particularly decadent, with two types of frosting (whipped cream and buttercream) and white chocolate shavings added.&nbsp; Good thing she only makes it once a year! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1284688 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 04:48:54 +0000 MsMary 1284688@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>SO COOL!!&nbsp; My son and I are huge Doctor Who fans, too, so this post makes me so very happy!&nbsp; And your DD and her fab cake are super cool, too!&nbsp; (But where are the fish fingers and custard? ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/bow-ties-are-cool#post-1284684 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 04:46:02 +0000 Beth Ann 1284684@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There are many changes in a house with two 12 year olds.&nbsp; At the moment, DD seems like a teen already, complete with music obsession and new contacts and pierced ears.&nbsp; She's also got a practical, competent bent under her quiet exterior, and can cook whole meals and bake an amazing birthday cake for her mom (earlier in the month).&nbsp; <b> See photos 1&amp;2</b></p> <p>DS is on a slower road.&nbsp; He's still a magical boy -- all sinew and jumping like some lost boy from Never Land -- with a perfectionist streak under the chaos and a deeply loving heart.</p> <p>My eldest nephew was married last week, and I asked DD to wear a dress (She humored me, but changed as soon as possible).&nbsp; A friend had passed down a suit from her son, so I nonchalantly asked DS to try it on, along with a pair of honest-to-goodness dress shoes.&nbsp; He came down the stairs smiling, saying, "Can I wear a bow tie?&nbsp; "Cause bow ties are cool?"&nbsp; </p> <p>Now, he and I share a Doctor Who obsession, and had just re-watched the premier of the eleventh Doctor (an episode called "Eleventh Hour").&nbsp; At the end of the episode, the newest version of the Doctor chooses his costume -- a Who tradition.&nbsp; As he prepares to vanquish the alien and save the earth (again), he nonchalantly ties a bow tie around his neck.&nbsp; Transformation complete!</p> <p>So here's my magic boy --- with spiked hair and a sonic screwdiver --&nbsp; embracing in a moment what we fabbers struggle with for months -- finding the next step on his style journey!&nbsp; <b>Photo 3</b></p> <p>He tried the ensemble on a half-dozen times before the ceremony, and didn't want to take it off on the 3 1/2 hour car ride home. &nbsp;<b>Photo 4</b> Yep.&nbsp; Bow ties are cool. </p>