He still sports the bow-ties he wore as a colonial civil servant, but has recently been seen in a Chinese-collared jacket.

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An inveterate wearer of bow-ties, he looks and sounds like a lively, slightly abrasive, polemical American journalist with a literary and libertarian bent.

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Thank you Matt - bow ties were never cooler.

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Ari Seth Cohen is a 29-year-old photographer who often dons chunky cardigans, thick brown glasses and green velvet bow ties for his morning walk-about.

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And even after he traded his tie-dyes for bow ties, he has been flighty, leaving most of his jobs within a couple of years.

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