It is mid-February and Bird Dog Bay is located in Chicago, IL. Needless to say, it is cold. It is bone chilling cold. To get to the loft today, I put on Snow boats, 4 layers of earth, my faithful Bears snowcap and ski goggles. I was still freezing… Yet, it was beautiful out. It also made me wish I was skiing. Then I got to the office and went to check out what Ski ties we have… We have several!!!! My favorite is an oldie but a goodie… It is called “Fresh Powder”… It is a great ski tie and I really like the dark forest green color. The downhill skier just pops on it! Steve actually sketched this one while sitting at his folks’ kitchen table in Vail, inspired by a photo he saw in that morning’s Vail Daily while on a ski trip with his buddies last spring. He would have been carving the back bowls that day, though he tore his rotator cuff showing off his very limited skiing skills to his friends and ended the remainder of his trip with a #2 pencil, sketch pad, and a sixer of Coors Light. His pain is your gain… It is a great ski tie! Just look at the detail!

Another great ski tie we have is from this past Fall/ Winter Collection. It is called ski school, and it offers a little more of a geometric/ subtle approach.  Stve describes it as, a beautiful step and repeat featuring sticks, planks, and flakes, Ski School is a gnarly addition to even the most seasoned bum’s formalwear, and a surefire way to make you even cooler this winter… It is a handsome tie, and would complement any outfit, even a linen shirt in the summer!