| The Birth of New Wave Music | | | | at the same time that New Wave music took the |
| New Wave mania hit the scene in the United States in | | | | stage. These rockers seemed to be staging a protest |
| the mid to late l970's and moved on into the United | | | | against the wide, flashy era of the 70's in their style of |
| Kingdom in the early 80's. It was a sound that took its | | | | dress, and saying less was better. Shorter hair styles, |
| origins from rock and pop music and was initially used | | | | simpler dress and skinny neckwear began to come |
| interchangeably with punk rock before making a stand | | | | into popularity. |
| on its own. New Wave music brought together a | | | | For women it was the era of Madonna and Cyndi |
| variety of popular music sounds that included disco, | | | | Lauper who no longer wore the bell bottoms and the |
| electronic and experimental. Electronic elements | | | | Farrah Fawcett hair style. New Wave meant anything |
| including synthesizers were commonly used in the 80's | | | | from big hair and jean jackets to halter tops and |
| New Wave sound. | | | | spandex. Don Johnson brought with him the rough and |
| It was an era when bands began to experiment with | | | | unshaven look that still hangs on in today's fashion |
| and incorporate electronic sounds into their | | | | world. We can't forget Michael Jackson and Thriller in |
| compositions. The digital synthesizer and electronic | | | | the 80's. |
| keyboards were being made available commercially | | | | The Skinny Tie Returns |
| for the first time as a great deal of research was | | | | Skinny neckties are making a comeback once again. |
| being conducted in academic arenas on the generation | | | | Today almost any style goes and you will see a little |
| of sound. It opened a whole new world of possibility in | | | | bit of everything. Fashion is used to make a statement |
| music. | | | | as always, but now the voice is more a chorus than a |
| Switched on Bach and Cat Stevens incorporated the | | | | soloist and it's almost impossible to look out of place. If |
| Moog Synthesizer into their music in the late 1960's but | | | | you're a skinny tie person who still loves the New |
| it wasn't until the 80's that it began to be used in a | | | | Wave music of the 80's, chances are you'll find a |
| wide variety of pop music. Used by Pete Townshend, | | | | whole group of people who fell the same way that |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Stevie Wonder, Frank | | | | you do. |
| Zappa and David Bowie the synthesizer made its | | | | Style is about comfort and personal taste and |
| presence known. | | | | preference now. It's all about loving a style and making |
| The Reintroduction of the Skinny Tie | | | | it your own, whether it's punk, rock, new wave or |
| The skinny necktie, that had made its first entrance | | | | something in-between. Vintage skinny neckwear is |
| into the United States in the 1950's and was worn by | | | | here. Make the most of it! |
| the likes of Elvis and The Beatles, made a comeback | | | | |