Against my Japanese craftsmen counterparts, as an Australian visiting Japan I feel like a bull in a china shop. They are meticulous and take pride in their work that surpasses anything I have seen elsewhere, and that includes my beloved Italians, who I find creative, inspirational and erudite in the realm of fabrics and fabrication. My tour to Japan was to document artisans, open up supplies to Japanese Yuzen silk, and to have a ski at the end. I did all things successfully.

There is something refreshing about the fact that you can come to our website each week and see something brand new, something circled back upon, something that's one off. And, for me anyway, it's a nice feeling that we are rarely if ever flat or devoid of something new to pick at. It's my job to entertain you, it's not just black bow ties we do, even if that's what we are most revered for, we now have so much more to offer you from silk scarves to silk eye shades, merino wool t shirts, evening shirts, neck ties.... and the list goes on.