| SwipeTie
($39.95) is simple: a silk necktie with a patch of
microfiber fabric (the same stuff used for
lens-cleaning cloths) behind the tip of the tie,
at the ready to wipe smudges and greasy
fingerprints from the screen of a smartphone or
tablet. |
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At
first blush, a necktie that doubles as a cloth for
cleaning your touch screen may sound like something out
of a "Saturday Night Live" TV ad parody —
"a floor wax and a dessert topping!" But if
you think about it, the ties and T-shirts from Swipe
Apparel are kind of genius.
The
idea behind the SwipeTie ($39.95) is simple: a silk
necktie with a patch of microfiber fabric (the same
stuff used for lens-cleaning cloths) behind the tip of
the tie, at the ready to wipe smudges and greasy
fingerprints from the screen of a smartphone or tablet.
The
company also offers a SwipeTee ($24.95) — a cotton
T-shirt with a similarly built-in swatch of microfiber.
With the shirts there are three options for placement of
the cleaning cloth. The default location is the front
inner lining of the shirt near the waist, but for an
extra $5 it can be placed on the left sleeve or the
right sleeve (for lefties).
With
the SwipeTie ($39.95), the patch is sewn on. On the
SwipeTee, it’s affixed with a Velcro-like adhesive.
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