Careful when you challenge a person to a creative endeavor. They just might go on to become one of the most successful tie designers of their time! Such was the case with Countess Mara, wife of Malcolm D. Whitman, a former national amateur tennis champion and textile manufacturer, who failed to express enthusiastic approval of [...]
After describing his “Purple and Rose Thirties Era” tie in his January 7, 2007 entry, blogger Bill Stuivenga of Will’s Vintage Ties asked himself how he knew whether a tie was from the 30’s as opposed to the 40’s, answering that he didn’t really, relying on instinct and hints his ties had to offer over [...]
When I first purchased Roseann Ettinger’s book 20th Century Neckties, Pre-1955, I really liked the personal touch the author provided in the dedication near the front page. There, next to a photograph of her father and mother, was a portrait of her mother and her name hand painted onto a solid color 40’s tie. Ettinger [...]
