# @vineyardvines on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B-kz521Btnf
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21835306-vineyardvines-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/f90bd0e57d.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-04-04T22:08:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** vineyard vines (@vineyardvines) — https://gondola.cc/vineyardvines

## Caption

Whale Of A Tale 🐳 ⁣ 
It wasn’t always easy finding people to take a chance on us. When we started we were 2 guys in our 20s with a lot of doors to knock on. And when they were shut, we started saying “When one door closes, go through the window.” At Zareh, a high-end men’s retailer in Boston, we couldn’t even get in through the window! No matter how many times we tried to convince the owner to give our ties a try, he wouldn’t budge.⁣ ⁣
On our last attempt—having failed yet again—we noticed a backgammon table in the corner, which led Shep to propose a bet: if we lost the game, we’d never bother him again; but if we won, he’d give our ties a try. And we won! ⁣ ⁣
You can’t win every day, but we’re always willing to get creative to reach a little further. #EDSFTG #whaleathome shepvineyardvines ianvineyardvines

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edsftg, whaleathome

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