Area entrepreneur creates business with handcrafted bow ties

Travis Ray runs The Dapper Bowtique.

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 6:10 a.m. February 21, 2020
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Lori Sax. Travis Ray, owner of The Dapper Bowtique, makes handcrafted bow ties and pocket squares, selling them online and at craft shows.
Lori Sax. Travis Ray, owner of The Dapper Bowtique, makes handcrafted bow ties and pocket squares, selling them online and at craft shows.
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Executive: Travis Ray, associate managing director of Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe in Sarasota

Side hustle: The Dapper Bowtique LLC. Ray handcrafts and sells bow ties, pocket squares and other accessories, selling products on his website, at craft shows and at businesses in Sarasota and Tampa. One dream big goal: to be in major retail store someday. 

 

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