Magnoli replica Giorgio Armani tie - review

Over the past few years Magnoli Clothiers in New Zealand have been releasing a series of replica Tennant Ties; from the original Daniel Hechter (see far left); to the iconic Christian Lacriox (see left, middle); as well as the St George by Duffer (see near left).

All good ties, but the one which was worn the most, the Giorgio Armani, as been a long time coming.

Today the postman brought me a narrow, thin, long package . . .  my Magnoli replica Girogio Armani tie!

Carefully opening the packaging, I found it wrapped in cellophane. The tie inside looked great!

The Girogio Armani tie is Tie Seven in my Tie Index, and although I don’t own an original, I have seen one close-up, and from what I recall this is a pretty good replica.

I cannot vouch for the weave and scale of the design, but it has been worked directly from an original - abet blue version - so the shapes and proportions should be spot on.

From what I gather the darker brown circles of the original have a narrow twill or pinstripe, which it has not been possible to replicate accurately.

This is a minor point, and the rest of the tie far out-weighs this shortcoming.

At $60 it is well worth the money to fill in a gap in your tie wardrobe.
The original Armani tie was worn in no less than twelve episodes (Love And Monsters, Army Of Ghosts, Doomsday, Smith And Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Gridlock, Fires of Pompeii, The Family Of Blood, Turn Left, The Stolen Earth, Planet Of The Dead) so it’s possible now to cosplay a good quarter of the Tenth Doctor’s adventures with ONE tie!

Rock on!