Who knows my real name or knows me in real, surely also knows that I'm a big fan of neckties. Well, I must clarify immediately that I'm not a fan of any kind of tie: I dislike all those common and (pretended to be) fancy ties that u can usually see around and I have instead a real passion for the so called "novelty" ties, being most likely the biggest collector of them in my country (Italy). What do I find so nice in them? Well, "novelty ties" (usually in polyester) have a specific content printed on: not just a solid colour, not a fantasy or geometric or abstract or paisley pattern, not just stripes in regimental style... they have a special design with something well defined (an object/animal/cartoon/character/famous painting/etc), that becomes important to make the necktie more attractive.
Even if rare to be reproduced on neckties (mostly for copyright reasons), arcades couldn't be any longer an exception, so some time ago a brand put on the market some special ties (in microfiber and silk), named "Game Tie" and reproducing the screenshot of some of the first and most famous arcades: Space Invaders, Pong, Tetris, Asteroids, Duck Hunt (actually rare). Here u can see them, that of course I won't miss for my own collection
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