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06 September 2005

Some questions 1. Tie tacks: does anyone wear them anymore?
2. Champagne glasses: when did flutes overtake the saucer-shape?
3. Spaceballs: Is it being given a theatrical re-release? Why now?
Put down the bong, kenko.
posted by trondant 06 September | 00:46
1. Only when used as a weapon...
2. The flutes took over after Jethro Tull won "Best Metal Band"
3. Is a common accessory made popular by P. Diddy's brother Doo Diddy
posted by wendell 06 September | 00:56
1. My physics teacher wears one every single day. It's adorable.
posted by jaksemas 06 September | 02:43
According to justformen.com:
After the comeback of the cuff link, it was only a matter of time. Now tie tacks, lapel pins, collar pins, and—believe it or not—tie bars are not only back in the fashion magazines, they're being worn by everyone from New York hipsters (who find the irony of putting natty neckwear with distressed jeans irresistible) to straight-up banker types (who consider them basic to full business regalia).


So, if they are correct, tie tacks are "in" again, and you should run out and buy one right now.

I can't find the flute/coupe (saucer-shaped champagne glass) information online, but this eGullet post asks the same question. One thing I can tell for certain is that the flute-shaped glasses were popularly used before the coupe glasses, so what we have seen is actually a return to a more traditional shape:
Champagne glasses. English shapes: [a] 1678-1715: tall flute with short stem or button; [b] 1715 to mid -1730s: tazza-shaped bowl, often ogee in form, usually on moulded pedestal stem; [c] 1730-45: drawn flute; [d] 1745-1830: long-stemmed flute; [e] from 1830: the hemispherical bowl or coupe.

(from here; you can also see this by the dates on some of these antique glasses)

Someone in the eGullet thread estimates '70s-early '80s; this seems about right to me.


Spaceballs? Possibly related to this, from Wikipedia:
The majority of the scenes and characters are parodies of Star Wars, although it parodies other movies as well... Some critics pointed out that since timing is the essence of comedy it was odd that Brooks should have waited ten years to spoof Star Wars, though his supporters say that he wanted to wait until the entire trilogy was available for mocking.

In September 2004, a sequel to Spaceballs was announced in an interview with Mel Brooks. Brooks said he hoped to have the sequel come out some time around the theatrical release of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. It was later planned to be turned into an animated television show, though except for that announcement there has been no news regarding the sequel since then.

posted by taz 06 September | 03:45
taz, now there's nothing left. You're abilities put me to shame.
posted by omiewise 06 September | 08:30
aw.

I needed something to at least temporarily keep me from staring at news stories of Katrina/New Orleans.
posted by taz 06 September | 08:44
I scour thrift shops for cool old earrings (the stud kind), and buy them for my husband to use as tie tacs. Then if he loses one he still has the other. Even new, they're a lot cheaper and a lot more interesting than new tie tacs. His faves are a cloissonne (sp?) flower that's royal blue and black, and one that's shaped like a scorpion, in sterling.
posted by iconomy 06 September | 09:04
I'll take a tie pin over a tie-over-the-shoulder on a windy day.
posted by dreamsign 06 September | 09:37
It's all that silk repp. So au courant and yet so delicate.
posted by Hugh Janus 06 September | 11:02
Awesomeness, taz!
posted by kenko 06 September | 12:37
I've heard that the French have a saying that the "perfect breast fits into a champagne glass". I assume they meant the saucer-shaped glasses, though I could never so much as try on a pair of either.

posted by Orange Swan 06 September | 15:57
hmm...it seems that the french and i disagree on breasts.

I just saw a theatrical showing of spacballs in an outside 'beer garden' last week...quite awesome. One of my favorites.
posted by Schyler523 06 September | 17:45
Tie tacks...yeah baby! Who wouldn't want a guy so hardcore he pierces his *clothes*? Dude!

The primary reason, as I understand it, for flutes is that it maintains the "fizz" of the champagne better/longer. But then, I don't remember *why* I think that.

I have flutes because they take up less space in the cabinet. :)

Spaceballs 2 May the Schwartz Be With You! I think the extra schwartz is kaputz.
posted by PsychoKitty 06 September | 22:14
Hypothetical Katrina Fundraiser || I will

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