Examples from literature

• He was dressed all in black with a dark green bow tie. 
• He was soberly dressed in black coat and waistcoat, the latter showing a white triangle of hard-polished shirt and a black bow tie, with indefinite gray trousers and square-toed boots by no means new. 
• He wore bright blue clothes, yellow shoes, and a bow tie made of the same cloth as his shirt. 
• Next he produced a soft tennis shirt, which he exchanged for the linen one he had on, and an old bow tie took the place of the blue four-in-hand which he usually wore. 
• She wore a gray skirt and a waist of white, with a severely starched collar about her throat, and a black bow tie.