Weddingbee Blog

Hive, I have a problem. I’ve been searching high and low for something, and I can’t find it for the life of me. I’ve asked you for wedding advice before, but this is a little more serious. I need a tie. This tie to be exact:

Sean John Satin Tonal Stripe tie

If you remember from this post, we decided to have the guys wear their own black suits. We found ties we liked on sale at Macy’s in a perfect shade of navy to match the bridesmaids dresses. But…we are short one tie, and I can’t find it anywhere. Four Macy’s in four different cities and a ton of online searching, and I still can’t find the one missing tie. I’m running into a couple of major problems:

1. The ties were on sale ’cause apparently Macy’s is trying to get rid of them. Once they’re gone, they’re gone and they won’t be ordering any more.
2. Macy’s can pull a list of stores that have the tie, but I learned the hard way that the SKU for the tie is the same SKU that’s used for all ties of the same style, regardless of the color. So, while I’m looking for the navy striped tie, the computer system might say the Macy’s in New York City has six of that tie in stock. What the computer doesn’t say is that two of them are green, two are yellow, one is purple and one is red. I can’t actually figure out if the store has navy in stock unless I call or go in person.
3. I’m not sure if you’ve ever tried to call a department store’s tie department to locate a particular tie, but it’s a next to impossible and extremely frustrating process. And trying to do it during the holiday season? Forget it.

So, hive…If you just happen to be in a Macy’s looking for that last minute Christmas tie, and you just happen to see a Sean John satin tonal stripe tie in navy blue (there’s a royal blue one too…and although the photograph makes the tie look more royal, it is definitely navy), hit me up!

In case you need a close-up:

Other than hitting up the hive, does anyone else have any brilliant ideas for finding this tie? I’m desperate!