A few days ago, we were featured in The Globe and Mail's Style Advisor Magazine and we couldn't be more excited about it! (It seems quite a few of you out there saw it as well.) Our thanks go out to Andrew Sardone and Bradley Whitehouse for reaching out for the story, and being patient and delightful.
We take a lot of care in selecting the materials we use, and designing & producing our final products, but there's a lot of work that goes into our packaging as well. We've been fortunate enough to work with a terrific group of people when looking at packaging needs, and together we've produced some great little boxes. We worked with the guys at Ooco Design and came out with a bow tie box, partly inspired by that big box of matches by your grandparent's fireplace, that we and our customers have been thrilled with. Then the team at ibox produced the custom dies and have now produced thousands of bow tie boxes for us without a flaw. They use 100% post consumer materials...
We're so excited to be featured in the pages of Portland Monthly this month. We've always loved Portland, and now that we're carried by the good people at Woonwinkel we have more reason to visit! Also, a special thank you to the lovely Eden Dawn for thinking of us and featuring our always popular double-sided, gingham Regent Bow Tie.
Five and a half years ago was a ballsy time to open a new retail shop in Vancouver - add a massive city infrastructure project on the same street and now you're really talking. However, Caroline Boquist and Daniel Kozlowski did just that when they opened WALRUS. We met them shortly after opening when our worlds intersected, and we've been friends ever since. The store is well-loved by passers-by and loyalists alike because of the excellent product mix and friendly & knowledgeable staff, all packed into a cozy space on Cambie Street. Cursor & Thread: How’s your summer been? How’s the neighbourhood? Daniel Kozlowski: Summer has been great! It’s sunny out and people are happy! C&T: Congratulations on the success of the last 5+ years! Do you remember where you were the moment you officially...
The Cecil Bow Tie is named after a gentleman that we, unfortunately, never met. Cecil, or 'Cec' was a spirited drummer who lived on Lakeview Road in Coventry, in the midlands of England. He was also an amateur boxer in those parts, a hobby that he passed on to the youngest of his two sons. We felt as though, if Cec was to wear a bow tie, this is one that he may have been able to enjoy. Maybe not to work at the Rolls Royce aeronautics factory, but certainly when at the skins. (Incidentally, the very act of writing these few words has reminded us to learn more about the man... you have to know where you've been to...
