This and That About Neckties

Countess Mara neckties have changed over the years. While the CM logo and nine point coronet has remained a constant in that all of the ties feature it, sometimes it is printed and other times it is machine stitched.  I look to the logo as one of the ways in which I date these designer men’s ties.

When Countess Mara opened her shop for business in 1938, she began her venture by printing novelty themes as well as her logo onto the ties.  Sometimes the logo was incorporated in the design and not always near the tip.  Click here to see an example of one of her skinny 1950’s tie with a printed logo.  By the 1960’s, the wide Kipper style ties began to sport machine stitched versions at the tip.  This continued into the 1980’s.  In the 1990’s the ties lost the logo altogether.

Today Randa Accessories owns the license and manufactures Countess Mara ties with a crown stitched at the very end of the thin end, where no one can see it! This unusual Countess Mara tie hails from the 1990’s and features the logo inside the crest with the crown just above.  I’ve included close ups of a stitched logo and a  tie without a logo below.