"A well-dressed dog, ... That will make people smile," observed Darius Brown. Since 2017 he has been sewing pet-size bow ties and donating them to animal shelters, helping the animals to get adopted.

I also started a mission in 2019, called the PAW-SOME MISSION. My aim is to donate my dog bow ties to at least one shelter in all 50 states across the U.S.

(CNN) -- It started four years ago with a small donation. Darius Brown dropped off about 25 handmade bow ties at New York City's ASPCA animal shelter. Hundreds of displaced dogs and cats made ...

A 13-year-old from New Jersey has embarked on the cutest mission ever. He sews tiny bow ties for cats and dogs to help them get adopted. Sir Darius Brown came up with the idea in 2017.

Darius Brown is a teen on a mission — a paw-some mission, that is. The 14-year-old student from Newark, New Jersey, makes bow ties by hand for shelter dogs in need of permanent homes. An animal ...

The 12-year-old Newark, New Jersey, native uses his organization Beaux and Paws to donate self-made bow ties to shelters so animals look spiffy for adoption ...

NEWARK, N.J. — Shelter cats and dogs might be cute enough, though not all get adopted at first glance. Sir Darius Brown had an idea. In the aftermath of hurricanes Harvey and Irma in 2017 ...

Darius said he now makes about 10 bow ties a week, each taking 15 minutes to complete. “I work with all kinds of material, but it has to be washable since dogs like to roll around a lot,” he said.