Tie Showdown: Week 21

From top to bottom, left to right
Wynde : Roslynn : Lyndsey : Ben : Kristin : Kristian : Charlie : Jim : Jeremy : Adam : Jeff : Ernest : Colin : Byron : Alby : Andy : Cat

Week 20: And the winner is...

Congratulations to Lane for winning week 20 of the Tie Showdown! Lane was there in the beginning, competing valiantly in Week 1, and has repeatedly produced some of our favorite presentations (writing on his computer).  This week, twenty later, Lane has finally entered the Tie Showdown Hall of Champions with 44% of the total votes cast, beating out some other close competitors. It's rare that such an obscured tie wins (to my knowledge, it's never happened, and I know everything...), but the Lane's tie-tease was all the voters really needed to see -- several shimmering striped shades of red is a stupendously satisfying succulent success recipe.  

Ben got 2nd place. Big surprise.  (It's getting really boring writing that! I don't know how many more jokes I have about being in second place... ) 

Other notable participants: Derrald with his flow chart and severely out of context holiday tie were a fan favorite (29%).  Cat (26%) and Jeff (20%) also brought some fantastic ties this week. 

Congratulations again to Lane for winning the twentieth week of the Tie Showdown, his first wooden key, and his rightful place in the Tie Showdown Hall of Champions. 

Tie Showdown: Week 20

From top to bottom, left to right:
Stef : Scott : Megan : Matt : Lane : Jim : Jeff : Ivan : Emily : Dave : Dan : Colin : Chris : Ben : Alisa : Adam P : Byron : Adam Z : Devon (because of editor error, Devon is listed as Liz on the voting) : Cat : Derald

Our sincere and heartfelt apologies for several errors in this week's post. First, Jim and Jeff's labels were switched, then Wynde's photo was not included, finally we incorrectly named Devon as Liz... NOT A GOOD WEEK for the tie showdown editors. Please

Week 19: And the winner is...

Congratulations to Steve for winning the 19th week of the Tie Showdown! Yeah, Steve !!!!! Steve, a long time fan favorite and reliable participant of the tie showdown has yet to make much noise on the neckwear field of battle. But it's a new year, a new story, and Steve kicks off 2009 right by winning his first wooden key and enters the Tie Showdown Hall of Champions with 52% of the vote.

"Always a Bride's Maid" Ben* puts up another second place showing with 37% of the vote with what may be the most confusing tie the world has ever seen. Someone called it the mullet of ties: business up top, party at the bottom. Unfortunately, it was not enough to overcome Steve's parrot tie, and all of it's speldor.

Congratulations again to Steve for his victory this week - all of those times the tie showdown photographers just barely caught you coming back from lunch has finally paid off.

* = Technically, Ben did win once, so this may be a bit of a misnomer. But the alliteration is too good to pass up.

Tie Showdown: Week 19

From left to right, top to bottom:
Steve : Scott : Roslynn : Jim : Heather : Erin : Byron : Ben : Adam : Alisa

Week 18: And the winner is...

Congratulations to Alisa for winning the Tie Showdown: Holiday Special, and also for being the second member of the now-formally-established Tie Showdown Grover Cleveland Memorial Committee, made up of members who have won twice on the Tie Showdown.

Alisa's tie this week was an absolute beauty of a holiday tie. Surely made with yule tide spirit, the depth of the tie's creativity and holiday spirit made this the favorite to win from the outset. Taking an existing green tie, adding a trunk, and decorations (the star was the coup de grace, in the eyes of the editors.) This truly spectacular holiday tie wins with 42% of the vote.

Come in second place was Adam (editor's note: It's so weird to be speaking in the third person). For some reason, the voters this week weren't impressed enough with Adam's battery-powered (the first in Tie Showdown history) light-up tie to deliver him a victory (perhaps there was too much sass? Maybe if his gloves had fingers?) . Nevertheless, an honorable showing was made, garnering 28% of the vote.

Congratulations again to Alisa for her second victory in the Tie Showdown!