Ties

100% Silk Ties from Italy and Switzerland

Color 003 VIP from Switzerland - Shiny light blue with ligh gray stripes and medium gray diamond pattern - $27.00
Color 004 VIP from Switzerland - Red, navy and gold triangle design - $27.00
Color 005 NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Color 006 VIP from Switzerland - Navy with light blue and gold pattern (2 available) - $27.00
Color 007 VIP from Switzerland - Red with navy, light blue and gold pattern - $27.00
Color 008 VIP from Switzerland - Forest green with beige stripe - $27.00
Color 009 Primo from Italy - Navy with light blue and red shields connected by gold chain pattern - $27.00
Color 010 VIP from Switzerland - Navy with rust and beige stripes - $27.00
Color 011 VIP from Switzerland - Naby blue with gray and gold pattern - $27.00
Color 012 NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Color 013 Giorgio Cellini,from Italy - Royal blue background with Scottie dogs on red squares with gold chains - $37.00
Color 014 VIP from Switzerland - Shiny light blue with beige stripe - $27.00

Giorgio Cellini Ties from Italy - 100% Silk

Color 015 Olive with blue, gold and burgundy diamon pattern - $35.00
Color 016 Royal blue with Jacguard diamond pattern - $35.00
Color 017 Navy with red and gold rectangular patter with small light blue flowers - $35.00
Color 018 Blue on blue woven stripe pattern - $35.00
Color 019 Navy with red, light blue and gold paisleys connected by gold chain pattern - $35.00
Color 020 Gray on burgundy woven stripe pattern - $35.00
Color 021 Navy with olive, blue, gold and eggplant diamond pattern - $35.00

Why are Italian ties better than the rest?

Since the late 17th century, the Italian silk tradition has been centered in teh city of Como, home to the finest silk weavers, screen engravers, and silk printers and dyers in teh world. The tradition of women sewing and hand finishing neckties in their home is still carried on, but feared to be a "dying art". For these reasons there is a definite prestige attached to a "Made inItaly" label on a necktie. It stands for quality and tradition.

The History of Ties

When a man casually knots his tie before the mirror, he's scarcely aware of the story behind the brightly-hued piece of fabric he wears every day.

Yet it has a long and romantic history that harkens back to medieval kings, ladies in waiting and knights in shining armor.

The history of neckties dates back a mere hundred years or so, for they came into existance as the direct result of a war. In 1660, in celebration of its hard-fought victory over Turkey, a crack regiment from Croatia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) visited Paris. There, the soldiers were presented as glorious heroes to Louis XIV, a monarch well known for his eye toward personal adornment. It so happened that the officers of the regiment were wearing brightly colored handkerchiefs fashioned of silk around their neck. The neck cloths, which probably descended from teh Roman fascalia worn by orators to warm the vocal chords, struck the fancy of the king, and he soon made them an insignia of royalty as he created a regiment of Royal Cravattes. The word "cravat", incidentally, is derived from the word "Croat".

It wasn't long before his new style crossed the channel to England. Soon no gentleman would have considered himself well dressed without sporting some sort of cloth around his neck -- the more decorative, the better. The various styles knew no bounds, as cravats of tassled string, plaid scarves, tuffs and bows of ribbons, lace and embroidered linen all had staunch adherents.

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