| Jerry Garcia Influences Necktie Designs | | | | you will find a J. Garcia tie for your taste. |
| Jerry Garcia was best known to us as the leader of | | | | The collections are numbered and each designer tie is |
| the influential 1960's musical force known as the | | | | noted with which collection it is derived from. All the |
| Grateful Dead. As a young man, Mr. Garcia was an | | | | ties are named and carry a definite identity. This has |
| art student at the San Francisco Art Institute. Over the | | | | been the crux of their success in recent years. Since |
| years, Jerry always had a flair for the visual arts and | | | | each designer tie is named, you will have no trouble |
| painted as often as possible. That artwork is the basis | | | | finding one and there are hundreds of designs |
| of a new wave of designer ties that is taking the | | | | available. |
| world by storm. | | | | The material |
| A little history and who makes the ties | | | | All of the designer ties influenced by his art are made |
| The neckties are manufactured and marketed by J. | | | | of the finest 100% silk. The colors are fast and will not |
| Garcia Neckties. The name was deliberately selected | | | | fade or run off the material. The quality of these ties is |
| so as not to infringe on any of the Grateful Dead or | | | | unmatchable anywhere. The ties are also handmade, |
| other Jerry Garcia merchandise. In this manner, the ties | | | | so the care is evident in each one. He would have had |
| made a splash all on their own. The idea was originally | | | | it no other way. |
| introduced in 1992 by Stonehenge, LTD under that | | | | Just as every song He wrote was a masterpiece, so |
| name. | | | | is each tie designed. When you wear one of J. |
| Since Mr. Garcia's unfortunate passing in 1995, the | | | | Garcia's designer neckties, you will leave a fashion foot |
| necktie designs have been reworked and new designs | | | | print that is hard to match. |
| have risen from the ashes like a phoenix. Currently, J. | | | | Affordability |
| Garcia neckties are manufactured and distributed by | | | | Now you would think that these designer ties would be |
| Mulberry Neckwear, who bought the rights to the | | | | available only to a specific segment of people. Jerry |
| designer ties in 1998. | | | | Garcia as all about equality and that we all are made |
| The collections | | | | the same. These neckties are carrying on that part of |
| Jerry Garcia was an artist in every sense of the word. | | | | his character. Not priced out of range for anybody, you |
| He did everything to the utmost and his art was n o | | | | can enjoy J. Garcia designer ties for as little as $39. Of |
| different. There are many, many separate collections | | | | course, there are higher priced ones, but they are still |
| of artwork used in the designer ties we see today. | | | | well within range for most people. |
| From his "Banyan Forest" to "Lady with Argyle Socks", | | | | |