"J. Press Irish Silk Burgundy w/ Silver Grasshopper Print Club Tie" (Deadstock/ NWT)
$195
Sz: 57" x 3 1/4"
From the Fall '02 collection
Color combo no longer available on J. Press website
100% Silk
3 1/4” Width
Handsewn
Made in UK
As Richard Press, grandson of Jacobi (J.) Press, himself, tells it, “The Grasshopper was our signature emblematic tie at our New Haven store near the Yale campus. A tale circulated of a Smith coed asking her Yalie date if the grasshopper motif tie he was wearing signified membership in a club. Thinking quickly, the nimble-witted Eli responded that yes, indeed: he had been ‘tapped’ by the Grasshopper.”
And so the Grasshopper Club was born.