Friday, October 15

fridays are tie days -llbean signature

LLBean (core) does not currently offer ties, nor have they for a few seasons. LLBean Signature has picked up the baton for the well dressed gent though. Made in the USA of 100% silk milled in Britain.

Signature has others but I was interested in the sportsman motif ties -want to state that I have these in hand from LLBean PR to review only, these are not a gift. The motifs/icons are very reminiscent of a 1986 LLBean release as below, which was in turn a look at their own archives. Circles within circles...

The motifs are an embroidered pattern, not printed as the Signature site says; good. Ties are 3" wide, lined in black silk. Makes a solid, full-headed knot with a 4-in-hand. $75. Sidenote, gained a new level of respect for stylists and product photographers after having tried to take decent photos here...


The trout tie is described as deep woods green, I would say olive -would have preferred deep green. The maroon/port colored tie is lush. For me the good old navy w/ ducks is the winner, but that's just me.

Off topic; this Bar Harbor chowder is our goto for storebought. Pair it with a copy of McCloskey's One Morning in Maine (where the kids end the book making chowder with the clams they dug) as an interactive activity/gift for your friends from away. Also instant mashed potatoes are a guilty pleasure...

LLBean_PR sent some other catalog pages (from 1932, 1949, 1978) referencing ties LLBean has done. So good. Will take those woolen ties any day.