WEARABLE ART Tie One On Bolo ties, also known as shoestring ties, entered popular American culture during the heyday of Hollywood’s classic cinema. Moviegoers saw fictional movie cowboys like Cisco ...

What we do know is that the bolo tie is unique to the Americas. It has origins among Native American tribes. In the early 1900s, “Hopi, Navajo, and Zuni men used leather cords and ornaments to ...

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For such a simple, distinctly Western adornment, the bolo tie - a length of braided leather or cord decorated with metal tips and fastened with an ornamental clasp or slide - has become not only a ...

It's made of a piece of cord or braided leather which is cinched with a decorative clasp, the slide. The ends of the bolo tie are usually capped with metal tips called aiguillettes.

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From there, Native artisans began adding decorative elements like silver and precious stones onto braided-leather cords, leading to the ornate designs that we now know as bolo ties. Louis Vuitton ...

Withrow offers purses made with interchangeable bolo cords at her store, while Lucio sometimes styles bolo ties on wide-brimmed hats, adding a drop of hot glue to temporarily secure each tie in place.

Q I have a beautiful custom-made silver bolo tie that I purchased from a native American about 25 years ago. It is one-of-a-kind, but probably not considered antique. I want to give it to a family ...

Q I have a beautiful custom-made silver bolo tie that I purchased from a native American about 25 years ago. It is one-of-a-kind, but probably not considered antique. I want to give it to a family ...