Matt Smith Makes Bow Ties Cool

[Quaxar]

200£

Just for future reference, the £ sign is placed before the number, unlike the $ sign and other such currencies, so this would be written £200

Wait, I knew that! Because I don't have it on my keyboard I actually wrote "200 pound" but then, because it looked a bit strange to me, I just replaced it with the sign. Silly mistake.

I still have the photographs on my iPhone

We need these pictures! All of them! Especially Pirate Doctor!

Also, I suppose you already own the official £200 bow-tie replica?

If you mean the Abbyshot 11th Doctor coat and bow tie then no not yet.

Oh look at that, it's only 30$. Which, incidentially, still makes it 5$ more expensive than a print with authograph of iconic fourth Doctor Tom Baker. This is kind of sad actually ...

 

[bobmus]

Matt Smith rocks the 'ironic statement' bow-tie, whereas the James Bond style bow tie is just a straight-up smart look.

I dissagree, he wears it totally un-ironically. Almost negative-ironically. Like a child wearing his shiny yellow boots on a sunny day. It's this childs utter belief that the boots are absolutely stunning and because the belief is totaly honest it works. That's the way Smith wears his bow-tie and that's why it works.

I agree that that's how the Doctor is portrayed as wearing it, but Smith chose it as an ironic statement

 

[The Funslinger]

I still have the photographs on my iPhone

We need these pictures! All of them! Especially Pirate Doctor!

Also, I suppose you already own the official 200₤ bow-tie replica?

If you mean the Abbyshot 11th Doctor coat and bow tie then no not yet.

I have the Abbyshot 10th Doctor coat and I'm happy with that.

 

[Varya]

Matt Smith rocks the 'ironic statement' bow-tie, whereas the James Bond style bow tie is just a straight-up smart look.

I dissagree, he wears it totally un-ironically. Almost negative-ironically. Like a child wearing his shiny yellow boots on a sunny day. It's this childs utter belief that the boots are absolutely stunning and because the belief is totaly honest it works. That's the way Smith wears his bow-tie and that's why it works.

I agree that that's how the Doctor is portrayed as wearing it, but Smith chose it as an ironic statement

Where do you get that from? Reading the article I don't find anything that says he did it ironically, and the feeling I got from it is that he just tried to find "his" Doctor. It doesn't come of as ironic to me.

 

[Epona]

I love going around and saying to people "Bowties are cool". He is my favorite doctor since the reboot. I haven't watched the older shows.

 

[TimeLord]

I still have the photographs on my iPhone

We need these pictures! All of them! Especially Pirate Doctor!

Also, I suppose you already own the official 200₤ bow-tie replica?

If you mean the Abbyshot 11th Doctor coat and bow tie then no not yet.

I have the Abbyshot 10th Doctor coat and I'm happy with that.

So do I
That's why I've put off getting the 11th Doctor coat for now.

 

[General BrEeZy]

F*** yeah they are.

no question, no battle.

 

[bobmus]

Matt Smith rocks the 'ironic statement' bow-tie, whereas the James Bond style bow tie is just a straight-up smart look.

I dissagree, he wears it totally un-ironically. Almost negative-ironically. Like a child wearing his shiny yellow boots on a sunny day. It's this childs utter belief that the boots are absolutely stunning and because the belief is totaly honest it works. That's the way Smith wears his bow-tie and that's why it works.

I agree that that's how the Doctor is portrayed as wearing it, but Smith chose it as an ironic statement

Where do you get that from? Reading the article I don't find anything that says he did it ironically, and the feeling I got from it is that he just tried to find "his" Doctor. It doesn't come of as ironic to me.

To be fair the article does not give us an insight into the character of Smith, other than what one man's impression of the scene was. I may just be cynical, but all of the interviews I've seen of Smith don't make him seem like a child

 

[Zen Toombs]

What is this TimeLord?

It's almost like you're a fan of Doctor Who or something...

Who'd of thought huh? I don't know what gives me away...

I love Matt Smith. Him and his bow ties and fezzes...

Off topic - Timelord, do you remember when your avatar had the "from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, time is more of a big ball of timey-wimey wibbley wobbily.... stuff" quote from Blink? How can I get that? Because it was awesome.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

Yeah... "Matt Smith"

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/61168101@N05/7067415445/]

This reminds me of when sean connery came to my house. He put up a shelf for me, but when he put the bond boxset on it, it collapsed. He shook his head, look at me and said:
"I'm Sho ashamed of Myshelf."

That's gloriously funny and gut-wrenchingly not at the same time.

I'm laughing and groaning. I'm loaning.

...where did that 'p' come from?

P? What p? There is no p. Nobody mentioned a p.

*Shifty eyes*

 

[redisforever]

So this whole bow tie thing is actually kind of a writer in joke....Awesome

I wonder if number 9 made leather jackets more popular. Or 10 those shoes, whatever you call them...

I think 10 definitely made Converse All Stars cool!

I wear leather jackets mainly because of 9, and Indiana Jones.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

Yeah... "Matt Smith"

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/61168101@N05/7067415445/]

This reminds me of when sean connery came to my house. He put up a shelf for me, but when he put the bond boxset on it, it collapsed. He shook his head, look at me and said:
"I'm Sho ashamed of Myshelf."

That's gloriously funny and gut-wrenchingly not at the same time.

I'm laughing and groaning. I'm loaning.

...where did that 'p' come from?

P? What p? There is no p. Nobody mentioned a p.

*Shifty eyes*

Editing cannot save you, fool! It's still there in my po-

Son of a...

Um...yeah!

*Slinks away*

 

[TimeLord]

What is this TimeLord?

It's almost like you're a fan of Doctor Who or something...

Who'd of thought huh? I don't know what gives me away...

I love Matt Smith. Him and his bow ties and fezzes...

Off topic - Timelord, do you remember when your avatar had the "from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, time is more of a big ball of timey-wimey wibbley wobbily.... stuff" quote from Blink? How can I get that? Because it was awesome.

You mean this one?

It's too large for the size limits now. I've tried reducing the size of it but by the time I get it below 200k it's looks really bad so I've given up on it

 

[Varya]

Matt Smith rocks the 'ironic statement' bow-tie, whereas the James Bond style bow tie is just a straight-up smart look.

I dissagree, he wears it totally un-ironically. Almost negative-ironically. Like a child wearing his shiny yellow boots on a sunny day. It's this childs utter belief that the boots are absolutely stunning and because the belief is totaly honest it works. That's the way Smith wears his bow-tie and that's why it works.

I agree that that's how the Doctor is portrayed as wearing it, but Smith chose it as an ironic statement

Where do you get that from? Reading the article I don't find anything that says he did it ironically, and the feeling I got from it is that he just tried to find "his" Doctor. It doesn't come of as ironic to me.

To be fair the article does not give us an insight into the character of Smith, other than what one man's impression of the scene was. I may just be cynical, but all of the interviews I've seen of Smith don't make him seem like a child[/quote
I've tried being a cynic but it doesn't stick, I think the chemicals in my brain are all wrong for that.
I don't believe you have to be child-like to be like that. The world isn't divided into "hipsters" and "kids", you can wear something silly without being either childish or ironic if you're just comfortable in your self and what you like, and Matt Smith stikes me as such. Since we know on facts it's only speculation but I believe he liked the bow-tie, and that's why he wanted to try it. Not ironically, or James-Bond like, but simply thinking, "yes, this works for the Doctor, he can wear this and make it work".

 

[RedDeadFred]

Bow ties have always looked cool with a tux... This is not new.

Mine is the kind that is pre-tied because I am too lazy to learn how.