J. Press Emblematic: Four Province Shield

Not very springy/summery/seersuckery/madrasy but I saw this on HTJ and realized how vacant and incomplete my neck is without the navy one. Father's Day, anyone? On sale now.

Enjoy with: Electric Light by Seamus Heaney, Dubliners by James Joyce, Anything by Yeats, a Peterson full of Rattray's Red Rapparee, (granted, that's from Scotland -- I realize there's a difference...) and a glass of Crested 10 Jameson (all of which I have at my immediate disposal.)

Extra credit reading: Ireland's Four Provinces

More Waterfowl In Flight: My Favorite Club Tie

This older English woven silk/wool by Robert Talbott is my favorite seasonal club tie. It's 3" at the widest point -- my preferred width -- and more substantial in feel than an all silk.

Orvis Camo Tie

Somebody please buy it now or I might.

O'Connell's English Wool Plaid

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Beaming for Beams

Beams Plus via Inventory

Autumn's Around the Corner: Barbour Shetland Wool Ties

Sorry....couldn't wait.  But it'll be here before we know it, right?  (And even Fall might be pushing the season on these a little...)

Ready For Spring: Madras and Seersucker

I can think of at least at least three reasons why I'm ready to trade in the Bean Boots for warmer weather.  I have three new cotton ties to wear from JPress and Brooks Brothers in madras plaid and seersucker.  I can't wait to give them a run once the sun comes out.  My 6 year old daughter has the sense to love a good tie and I have a feeling she is going to go gaga over these.