"Back to Ben Silver" by Cator Sparks was published on the Sundance Channel's website in the Full Frontal Fashion blog on January 7, 2010. Click here to view the article.

Our Summer Tassel Loafer, made exclusively for us by Alden, was featured in the Esquire online article "How to Dress for a Kentucky Derby Party"view the style guide online.

The Ben Silver shop was mentioned and photographed in Sherman’s Travel magazine article on Charleston. Download it here.

"...But with the new assignment, he wasted no time in making his way to Ben Silver. As soon as he passed through their door, one of the soigne shop girls took charge of him. In the space of ten minutes she picked out a crisp white shirt, a black silk knit tie, and grey suit. Then she pulled a linen handkerchief from a display, folding it into the jacket pocket until just a thin white strip showed.
'Like Cary Grant in North by Northwest,' she said. 'Perfect.'..."

An excerpt from the Mystery/Romance novel Beguiled by Deeanne Gist and J. Mark Bertrand, available from the publisher.

Ted Turner wore our White Dove tie on the AC360 special of the 2009 Time 100.

George Will discussed his necktie with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's The Roundtable May 3, 2009.

WILL: You may be admiring my necktie.
STEPHANOPOULOS: I love your tie.
WILL: That is the silhouette...
STEPHANOPOULOS: Tell me what it's about.
WILL: The silhouette of James Madison. This is the tie of the Federalist Society.

Ben Silver makes this tie exclusively for the Federalist Society as part of our Custom Collection.

Ben Silver is featured in the April 2009 ForbesLife article "Past Perfect: Charleston's Glory Days are Now" by Richard Nalley. More...

Ben Silver's woven wool pointer tie is shown in the Garden & Gun's August 2008 issue. Part of the "It's All in the Details" feature, our tie is center in the photograph by Terry Kuzniar of "Fall Neckwear with a decidedly Southern connection."

Back in 1980, Bob Prenner, the managing director of Ben Silver in Charleston, South Carolina, began wearing a pair of Lafont eyeglasses he'd picked up in Paris, prompting his customers to take a sudden interest in spectacles. His response? To start stocking eyewear. That, in a tortoiseshell, is the Ben Silver ethos: Bring a bit of the wider world to Charleston, and keep locals and tourists appeased. This men's emporium, on lower King Street in the Holy City's historic district, exalts the gentlemanly life. Framed thank-you notes from presidents past hang near the doorway...

Entertainment Weekly joins the ranks of recent showcases of The Ben Silver Corporation's classic striped neckwear. Page 81 of Issue #740 (December 5th, 2003) features actor Mr. Martin Sheen wearing one of Ben Silver's famous striped ties. Well-known for its large selection of university, club, and regimental striped ties, Ben Silver has been clothing actors of television and film for years. Sheen joins the ranks of Russell Crowe, David Letterman, and Harvey Keitel in wearing these classic, easy-to-wear ties.