IT HAS BEEN decades since the bolo tie last reigned. Think back to Bruce Springsteen, brooding in a string-and-slide bolo on the cover of 1989’s “Tunnel of Love,” or Duckie the cringey, bolo-wearing ...

In rural areas of the Western United States, men often wear bolo ties with suits and cowboy hats to dressy events. But if your social circle does not consider bolos to be a basic clothing item, I urge ...