You walk in, straighten your blue bow tie, and the whole room can tell you came to play. One flash of blue at the collar turns a plain shirt into a character: the dapper host, the sly magician, the mobster who runs the back room.

This bow tie is sold individually, so you get a single tie in a bold blue that pops against a white shirt, a black jacket or pinstripes. It is a small piece that does a lot of the work.

Bring it to Halloween, a roaring-twenties bash, a school play or a magic show at home. For a full gangster outfit, pair it with a zoot suit gangster costume, top it with a black fedora with white stripes and carry an AK-47 machine gun. Your blue bowtie is waiting!