The Hipster Tipster

If you’ve always yearned for authenticity, why not pair your Wolverine Originals with workwear made by inmates at the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in Pendleton, Oregon? Prison Blues are “made on the inside, to be worn on the outside”. They’re distributed in Australia by Insideout Clothing.

Basically, you get to dress like you might’ve done the Jailhouse Rock with Elvis, or alternatively as if you’re about to smash a bottle of Jack over some biker’s head in a lonely roadhouse.

It isn’t a new idea for women to wear men’s ties as belts. But do you really want to be one of those goons who knots the ends awkwardly, like a hobo? Here’s how to turn a men’s tie into a neat, smooth belt that you can wear without ruining a sleek silhouette. Today we are wearing a thin ’60s-style tie in this way over a contrasting-coloured vintage dress.

1. Position the tie on your waist or hips where you’d like it to sit.

2. Most ties have a label loop on the back to tuck in the narrower end. Feed the narrow end backwards through the loop so the two ends of the tie sit flat against one another. Adjust to your preferred tightness.

3. Pin the pointy end of the tie in place. You can do this invisibly by attaching your safety pin to the underside of the pointy end rather than the top side. Or use a decorative badge or brooch.