tielessness

Does this mean that tielessness, once the badge of the Tory mod, is now passé?

Party queen 2008

Does this mean that tielessness, once the badge of the Tory mod, is now passé?

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2008

The good news is that Mr. Obama's foray into tielessness does not stem from deeply held ideology.

Curtains for the Necktie? Nicholas Antongiavanni 2007

So the dark-suited gathering round the table of all six party leaders with Brown and Northern Secretary Shaun Woodward was enlivened by the bright jacket of Progressive Unionist Dawn Purvis, and two men in their shirtsleeves: Woodward, and Adams - as always going one better in the informality stakes by resolute, revolutionary tielessness.

Slugger O'Toole 2008

So the dark-suited gathering round the table of all six party leaders with Brown and Northern Secretary Shaun Woodward was enlivened by the bright jacket of Progressive Unionist Dawn Purvis, and two men in their shirtsleeves: Woodward, and Adams - as always going one better in the informality stakes by resolute, revolutionary tielessness.

Slugger O'Toole 2008

So the dark-suited gathering round the table of all six party leaders with Brown and Northern Secretary Shaun Woodward was enlivened by the bright jacket of Progressive Unionist Dawn Purvis, and two men in their shirtsleeves: Woodward, and Adams - as always going one better in the informality stakes by resolute, revolutionary tielessness.

Slugger O'Toole 2008

So the dark-suited gathering round the table of all six party leaders with Brown and Northern Secretary Shaun Woodward was enlivened by the bright jacket of Progressive Unionist Dawn Purvis, and two men in their shirtsleeves: Woodward, and Adams - as always going one better in the informality stakes by resolute, revolutionary tielessness.

Slugger O'Toole 2008

So the dark-suited gathering round the table of all six party leaders with Brown and Northern Secretary Shaun Woodward was enlivened by the bright jacket of Progressive Unionist Dawn Purvis, and two men in their shirtsleeves: Woodward, and Adams - as always going one better in the informality stakes by resolute, revolutionary tielessness.

Slugger O'Toole 2008

And much fretting about Tory dress code and the merits of “tielessness” (see Tamzin Lightwater’s Diary in today’s Spectator for more inside gossip).

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2008

And much fretting about Tory dress code and the merits of “tielessness” (see Tamzin Lightwater’s Diary in today’s Spectator for more inside gossip).

Party queen 2008