A class of University of Wisconsin-Madison students has been designing ties for a world-class neckwear company as part of an annual competition.
The class, Printing and Dying II, is in its fifth year of designing ties for the company XMI, which is based in Chippewa Falls. The company also has a marketing office in Greenwich, Conn., and a showroom in New York. The class, led by Professor Jennifer Angus, is in the Department of Environment, Textiles and Design.