new source of striped ties

[Tobus]

“Lone star” I guess?

Yes, obviously the star is for our Lone Star State status (and matches our flag). My point was that the casual observer would probably just see this as a US flag tie, and not necessarily connect it to Texas specifically. It's an ongoing conundrum with any Texas-related merchandise. It either needs to look recognisably like the Texas flag (only one star, one red stripe, one white stripe), or have some other identifier for Texas. Otherwise it just looks like the usual US flag stuff.

Of course, I do have a tie tack in the shape of Texas, so maybe that would set it off.