About

I'm Elija Montgomery, and I am the designer and maker of all Call Me Cornelius products.
At its core, Call Me Cornelius is about addressing individuals' unique styles, no matter who you are. I care about producing quality products and providing quality service, all while keeping material waste at a minimum.
If you’re looking for run of the mill bow ties, keep looking. Call Me Cornelius embraces different, asymmetrical, versatile, and multifunctional design. When I first embarked on bow tie creation, I wanted to take advantage of the act of tying the bow, and to push the restrictions of the bow tie shape. So far five original un-tied designs and five original pre-tied designs are used, along with a few classic patterns. More designs are in development, as are some atypical textiles techniques.

History

My father, Keith Cornelius Phillips Montgomery, was always asking for new and exciting bow ties. Fed-up with being unable to find any to do a man with such a name justice, I began to make them in the summer of 2011. Being truly my father’s son, I soon fell in love with bow ties. That fall I began developing and creating my own unique designs, using alternative materials and asymmetry. Call Me Cornelius was born, and the rest, they say, is history.