About Omnibows

It started with a fall.

In March 2023, I fainted at a white tie event — low blood pressure, a little dehydration, and suddenly I was on the floor. A friend ripped off my white bowtie to help, a doctor was called, and I was fine. The bowtie was not.

Lying there in pieces, it sparked an idea: what if I sewed my own? A hand-tied bowtie with no metal adjusters, no buttons, no moving parts. Just fabric, form, and intention.

I started with a few tailormade bowties — fixed length, measured precisely between the hourglass ends. They worked, but I kept digging. Late in 2023, I discovered that in the 1920s, the single-ended bowtie had a quiet moment of elegance: a single hourglass shape with one trailing end. No adjustment needed. Fits everyone. Half a bowtie in construction, but all bowtie in appearance.

From January 1st, 2024, I committed to making one every week. Every Wednesday, a new bowtie.

As the weeks passed, I kept thinking about that "half a bowtie" and whether it could be more. Eventually it became more. By extending the hourglass on the single-ended design, the tying becomes easier, the result fuller — not quite a full bowtie, but more than half. Five sixths of a bowtie, actually. The best of many worlds: fits all, needs no adjustment, and ties beautifully every time.

I call this design the Single Ended Double Fantasy. It's the only model I make now.