World Wildlife jewelry line is launched by Manhattan. (Manhattan Menswear Group introduces new product under World Wildlife Fund label) (Brief Article)

Daily News Record, October, 1991 by Hart, Elena

NEW YORK -- The Manhattan Menswear Group, a division of Salant Corp., is taking its World Wildlife Fund neckear program to the next step: jewelry.

Men's casted jewelry will be added for holiday delivery. The categories include tie tacks, tie bars, cuff links, key chains and tie chains.

Manhattan already produces neckwear and braces under the WWF label.

The jewelry items will be crafted in eight basic motifs, representing endangered animal such as pandas, wolves, whales, gorillas, rhinos and even a rare species of life form called the "poison dart tree frog."

Neckwear and braces were launched for Father's Day '91 delivery in an arrangement with Determined Productions, the official licensing agent of the WWF. The license is one...

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