Press Release Summary = Franciscan, a leading Napa Valley winery for more than three decades, invites emerging designers to \"tie\" their own personal style to the hand-crafted elegance of Franciscan wines by submitting an original necktie design to the inaugural Franciscan Signature Style Competition.
Press Release Body = Franciscan, a leading Napa Valley winery for more than three decades, invites emerging designers to \"tie\" their own personal style to the hand-crafted elegance of Franciscan wines by submitting an original necktie design to the inaugural Franciscan Signature Style Competition.
Design luminary Thom Browne, the Council of Fashion Designers of America\'s 2006 Menswear Designer of the Year, heads a panel of fashion, editorial, and design leaders who will select the one-of-a-kind men\'s necktie that best embodies the signature qualities of Franciscan\'s distinctive Napa Valley wines-vibrant and rich, with hand-crafted elegance.
For Thom Browne, whose collections are based on classically-inspired handmade clothing, \"A necktie is an essential part of a man\'s wardrobe that completes the look.
Fashion is about the individual and for the wearer to enjoy.\"
Franciscan takes a similar approach in the crafting of its wines, believing great wine should be the perfect blend of location, environment, and human personality expressed through time-honored traditional techniques such as small-lot winemaking.
\"There\'s a lot about the creativity and execution of fashion design that is mirrored in winemaking,\" says Franciscan Director of Winemaking, Janet Myers.
2025
