Maintain Local (Bow) Ties

By: Taft Matney The unofficial start of Spring in South Carolina is just a couple of weeks away as more than 60,000 of my closest friends prepare to gather in the state’s oldest inland city for one of the nation’s premier steeplechase events. It’s time for the Carolina Cup in Camden. Ladies are planning tailgate […]

MADE IN SC: Birth of a Bow Tie

Remember the tie in the photo of this feature’s first segment? There’s a story behind that. When we interviewed Randy Hanauer, it was only days before the Carolina Cup in Camden, and our photojournalist was without a new bow tie for the state’s annual kickoff to spring. He told Randy about the sport coat he […]

MADE IN SC: Randy Hanauer’s Thoughts on Bow Ties — “Women Love ‘Em.”

Do you trust the guy in the bow tie? Ask Randy Hanauer if you should. Not only will he answer with an emphatic, “Yes,” he’ll give you a host of other good reasons why. While his ties can be fun and add more than a hint of personality to an otherwise nondescript outfit, they’re also […]

MADE IN SC: A Tie is a Win for R. Hanauer

Food Network’s Alton Brown took to Twitter last year with a perfectly good question. “The question isn’t why do I wear bow ties, the question is how can you be so uncool as to not wear bow ties?” Randy and Jayma Hanauer who started R. Hanauer in the mid-1980s, ask the same question on a regular basis. […]