I was recently at Saks Fifth Ave. and noticed they had a variety of items by Holliday & Brown which were obviously not ties. There were shirts, handkerchiefs and other things labeled Holliday & Brown and done in various retro prints.
Have they been revamping their product line and introducing shirts, etc.? However much interesting these things were, they didn't seem too successful as all of them were on drastic sale. Made in Italy patterned shirts for only $24?
I believe the parent company in Italy pulled the plug on the endeavor in December. JLib mentions purchasing some cotton neckerchiefs bearing the Holliday & Brown label in a recent thread on AAAC.
Some of the items are rather nice:
http://www.hollidayandbrown.com/gallery.html
I find no reduction of quality in the Holliday Brown ties despite their production in Italy (heavy 50 oz silk) and don't understand why they're inferior to Marinella. Some of these are now on sale on the Saks website for $37.50 (including the navy floral): http://www.saksfifthavenue.com/search/EndecaSearch.jsp?bmForm=endeca_search_form_one&bmFormID=1182176622275&bmUID=1182176622275&bmIsForm=true&bmPrevTemplate=%2FEntry.jsp&bmText=SearchString&SearchString=holliday+brown&bmSingle=N_Dim&N_Dim=0&bmImage=EndecaSearch.x&bmImage=EndecaSearch.y&bmImage=EndecaSearch&bmHidden=Ntt&Ntt=holliday+brown&bmHidden=Ns&Ns=&bmHidden=N&N=0&bmHidden=Ntk&Ntk=Entire+Site&bmHidden=Ntx&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchpartialmax&bmHidden=prp8&prp8=t15&bmHidden=prp13&prp13=&bmHidden=sid&sid=1133F37B2D36&bmHidden=ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395222441&EndecaSearch.x=0&EndecaSearch.y=12
Regards,
Steven
They designed items for Prada for a period of time. I've also seen some delightful swim trunks produced by H&B.