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Lee Allison
Original Windy City creations for satirists and sartorialists alike
EQUALLY TIED
THE POINT
So, what is the point of The Point? BASKIN: It may sound immodest, but our mission is to improve our readers’ lives. The name is meant to allude to the idea that the point of serious thinking is ultimately not to convey information or tell a nice story but to discover how to live. THAKKAR: We want our authors to be like interesting guests at a dinner party, provoking stimulating conversation without being outrageous for its own sake.
Chris Berre, Trey Berre and Michael Palmer
With two outstanding local tie companies to choose from, it’s just sacrilege to knot anything but an accessory from one of Chicago’s own around your collar. Here’s our neck-and-neck comparison:
ARTFULLY DISHEVELED
LEE ALLISON COMPANY
THE FOUNDERS: Brothers and attorneys Chris and Trey Berre and brand manager/graphic designer Michael Palmer took their longtime love of men’s fashion and started designing neckties.
THE FOUNDER: After stints in investment banking (Merrill
ESTABLISHED: 2010
Is there any type of story you’d never print? BASKIN: We’ll publish stories on any topic, as long as the author challenges us and our readers to think differently than we might otherwise. But our favorite articles are about the subjects that concern almost everyone: parenting, love, eating, Facebook, etc.
ESTABLISHED: 1995
Lynch) and advertising (Leo Burnett), Harvard MBA Lee Allison decided to create a cravat company. TAGLINE: “Remove before sex.”
TAGLINE: “He’s the well-dressed rebel.
Any well-known readers? It was an honor to learn Ethan Coen ordered the back issue that featured the “What is film for?” symposium. [Sociologist] Todd Gitlin is a subscriber, as is the editor of the Paris Review, Lorin Stein.
He’s the tailored misfit.”
ZWICK:
KNOWN FOR: Classic yet nonconformist style THE LOOK: Striking,
graphic patterns of everyday manly American items: six-shooters, shaving blades, cleavers and spark plugs
KNOWN FOR: Elegant designs and a naughty sense of humor THE LOOK: Classic
stripes and dots; unassuming ties that reveal, upon closer inspection, something along the lines of unclad ladies or romping rabbits
VIP FANS: Rahm
and the Alinea staff: On getting three Michelin stars, Achatz gave his staff ties.
Emanuel and President Obama
VIP FANS: Grant Achatz
FOR THE GREATER GOOD: A custom
Jon Baskin, Jonny Thakkar and Etay Zwick
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tie to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Cincinnati neurosurgery center the Mayfield Clinic, with all proceeds going to its foundation (The Butcher silk tie, $89, artfullydisheveled.com)
FOR THE GREATER GOOD: Donates
ties as silent-auction items to more than 20 local schools and charities; hosts wine tastings in the company’s Bucktown loft with proceeds going to area nonprofits like Marwen, Landmarks Illinois, SGA Youth & Family Services and METROsquash (Silk-and-cotton tie, $90, leeallison.com)
TOP TO BOTTOM, ESCARGOT: DAVIES AND STARR/GETTY IMAGES; THE POINT: SHAWN LOWE; JASON SMITH; ARTFULLY DISHEVELED: MARIA PONCE (2); ALLISON: COURTESY; KENJI KERINS
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Pick-up artists, improv, Twitter, cave trout: There are few topics that literary magazine The Point won’t take on in its scholarly yet accesOne-year subscription, $18 sible pages. Founders and University of Chicago graduate students Jon Baskin, Etay Zwick and Jonny Thakkar launched their first issue in 2009; today The Point is distributed around the globe. thepointmag.com