Club ties are marked by a solid or striped background with an emblem woven on top. (Think crests, shields, flags, cricket bats— that kind of thing.) They once signaled membership in, you guessed it, a club or community. Nowadays, they're mostly symbolic — and speaking of, griffins traditionally symbolize courage and strength, which makes this a great tie for power meetings. It's hand-rolled in Italy just for us in our forever-go-to 8cm width: not too skinny, not too fat, and designed to sit in perfect harmony with both the lapel of our jackets and the length of our shirt collars.