Necktie and method of manufacture

A necktie of the bolo style, comprising:

• first and second elongated generally cylindrical display portions having a diameter greater than 1/8 inch providing a sufficiently large provide a large surface area for bearing decorative matter, said display portions disposable generally parallel to each other in side-by-side juxtaposition with their respective free ends extending in the same direction and said display portions comprising a core of flexible material and a covering sheath for snugly overlying said core;
• a central portion interconnecting said elongated display portions;
• and
• a retainer element comprising:
• a flexible tapering sheath for slideably encircling said display portions and for maintaining said display portions against one another in side-by-side juxtaposition, said tapering sheath having a pair of opposed faces and tapered sides interconnecting said opposed faces, wherein said opposed faces and tapered sides define opposite wide and narrow openings, said narrow opening sized to be in tension when said display portions emerge therefrom in side-be-side juxtaposition;
• a flexible tongue extending from said tapering sheath at the wide opening;
• and
• fastening means for selectively fastening a free end of said flexible tongue to an opposed face of said tapering sheath;
• wherein said tongue, when lapped over said wide opening and fastened to an opposed face of said tapering sheath, is interposed between said display portions, urges each of said display portions against its respective tapered side of said tapering sheath, and tightens said tapering sheath against said display portions to frictionally secure said retainer element against said display portions at a selected longitudinal position along said display portions to maintain said display portions in said side by side juxtaposition.