The invention provides an antimicrobial fiber which exhibits excellent antimicrobial properties even without the addition of antimicrobial agents and can remain antimicrobial even after repeated washing. The antimicrobial fiber comprises a fiber having on a surface thereof a polyacetal copolymer (X) containing oxyalkylene groups, the molar amount of oxyalkylene groups in the polyacetal copolymer (X) being 0.2 to 5 mol % relative to the total of the molar amount of oxymethylene groups and the molar amount of oxyalkylene groups.

Variable bowtie system and method providing half-bows of different colors which can be chosen and combined as desired by the user for one wearing, and with a different choice or combination of colors for another wearing. Chosen half-bow units of desired colors are placed on a mounting-stud pair affixed to a neckband, and are removably secured with a retaining collar, which may also be provided in a variety of colors, resulting in a bowtie having the desired color or color combination for a particular wearing, which can be changed upon another wearing.

A necktie system includes a necktie that may be worn around a neck of a user. A first fastener is attached to the necktie and a pair of cups is provided. Each of the cups is mateable such that the pair of cups forms a housing. The housing has the necktie extended therethrough such that the housing retains the necktie around the user's neck. A second fastener is attached to the one of the cups. The first fastener removably engages the second fastener such that the housing is retained in the necktie.

The present invention relates to a method of securing and aligning a necktie on a shirt. The method includes an object with flexible material loops protruding from two sides of the object. The object is put through a necktie loop located on the rear portion of a necktie and remains in this position while the flexible material loops are then attached to the two closest buttons on a shirt. This method secures a necktie to a shirt, whereby ensuring that a necktie remains vertically aligned over the buttons on a shirt, while at the same time the invention remains hidden from view while in use.

A necktie with integrated, individually addressable, multi-colored light emitting diode (LED) modules arranged in a rectangular matrix format. These LED modules are connected together and controlled by means of an onboard microcontroller. Functionality is included in order to facilitate the installation of custom light patterns by the user after manufacture. The device includes an onboard wireless communication module in order to facilitate communication with an external control interface, such as an application on a smartphone, so the light patterns displayed by the LEDs may be modified based on user input.

A necktie with integrated, individually addressable, multi-colored light emitting diode (LED) modules arranged in a rectangular matrix format. These LED modules are connected together and controlled by means of an onboard microcontroller. Functionality is included in order to facilitate the installation of custom light patterns by the user after manufacture. The device includes an onboard wireless communication module in order to facilitate communication with an external control interface, such as an application on a smartphone, so the light patterns displayed by the LEDs may be modified based on user input.

Describe herein are methods of constructing fashion accessories using modular origami folding techniques adapted to incorporate a broad range of flexible material. By incorporating and adapting modular origami units, such as Sonobe C units, a variety of fashion accessories can be produced. Improved methods of assembling such units into including fashion accessories, further incorporate attachment mechanisms to allow for more robust construction in a fixed and durable state. A variety of fashion accessory designs produced by the described processes are presented.

The present invention relates to a method of securing and aligning a necktie on a shirt. The method includes an object with flexible material loops protruding from two sides of the object. The object is put through a necktie loop located on the rear portion of a necktie and remains in this position while the flexible material loops are then attached to the two closest buttons on a shirt. This method secures a necktie to a shirt, whereby ensuring that a necktie remains vertically aligned over the buttons on a shirt, while at the same time the invention remains hidden from view while in use.

Some implementations of this disclosure provide an electronically customizable article comprising a fashion article selected from the group consisting of a handbag, a shoe, glasses, a tie, and a bowtie wherein the fashion article comprises an electronic visual display, a processor, a communication interface for communication between the fashion article and a network, and a non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the fashion article to connect to a server over the network, receive data from the server, and display one or more images associated with the data on the electronic visual display.

A necktie having one or two openings or slots in the necktie body to facilitate tying and setting the length of the front section, or blade of the necktie and allowing the blade and the tail of the necktie to be arranged more easily than with a conventional necktie, with embodiments having the slot extending approximately parallel to the longitudinal centerline of the necktie, alternate embodiments having the slot set at an acute angle to the longitudinal centerline of the necktie, alternate embodiments having two slots positioned approximately parallel to one another and extending along or at an acute angle from the longitudinal centerline of the necktie, alternate embodiments having the slot(s) inset in an enclosed mechanism, such as a zipper, to allow for the fine-tune adjustment of the slot's location along the length of the necktie, alternate embodiments including an insert, such as a grommet or eyelet to reinforce the edge(s) of the slot(s), alternate embodiments having buttonhole stitching to reinforce the edge(s) of the slot(s), alternate embodiments in which the tail is of sufficient length to fall vertically against the torso after tying, and alternate embodiments in which the tail is cropped short either to show as a tab at the collar adjacent the slot, or to be tucked beneath the collar and not to show.