Bow tie in $20–30 range
Am I going to find anything better than Tie Bar for a satin bow tie in the $20–30ish range? I know of good options in the $40+ range, but curious if there's anything I should consider in the lower range other than Tie Bar.
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eBay is a great place to find quality ties in that price range
Ebay for sure. Generally The Tie Bar sells the absolute cheapest ties I would ever recommend buying new at full price, I don't know of anything cheaper that I'd want to wear. But ebay will have ties selling for anywhere from like 2% to 50% of original MSRP, but a lottttt of ties sell closer to the 5-10% range - in fantastic condition. Like, if you start cheap, it'll sell at a higher ratio (like say a $50 tie selling for $10), but often really expensive stuff sells for barely more (like a $150 tie selling for $17.) But it really depends on the name brand and its strength, the specific design and details, and who's auctioning it off (eg, luxeswap might get a lot more for a Kiton tie than if you ran your own ebay listing, but on the flip side they might get less for a non-branded madder tie than you would if you had a lot of patience.)
I do really like my Kent Wang bowtie (which I bought at full retail) but it is out of your preferred budget.
Thanks everyone. This is for a wedding so I'm buying for groomsmen. I'm planning to wear Kent Wang myself but admittedly cheaping out a bit on the rest of the wedding party because I seriously doubt they'll ever wear this more than a handful of times. But figured if I can do better than Tie Bar in a similar price range, it'd be worth it to at least put in the effort. 😅
I'll poke around and see what I can find on eBay.