What comes to mind when you see someone wearing a bow tie?

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They’re going for…something…you know, some kind of a look and some of them do pull off that kind of hip, in an offhanded fashion but most fail miserably. I’ve worn a bowtie once, not with a tux but it was for GenderBender Ball.

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