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March 11, 2015
“The Roll Of The Collar Is The Most Important Thing”
From Ivy Style, here’s a nice excerpt from an 1983 issue of Esquire, in which John Berendt opines about the button…
September 12, 2014
When Undergrads Wore Tailcoats To Parties
Ivy Style somehow tracked down the man you see above. In the photo, when Life Magazine shot him for a…
September 8, 2014
So Long, Trad
Ivy Style reports that Brooks Brothers will no longer be stocking their traditional fit shirts on store shelves. Instead, shops…
September 5, 2014
Astaire’s Style
Much confusion arises about Astaire’s style because his style changed subtly over the years: his coats were tighter in the…
August 13, 2014
Really Cool Article About The Connection Between 60s Prepsters And Batik-printed Cotton
Ivy Style has a really cool article about the connection between 60s prepsters and batik-printed cotton. You see these once…
May 8, 2014
Chipp2 Gets Some New Suspenders
Our friend Paul over at Winston Clothiers/ Chipp2 recently added suspenders to his small, but growing, line of men’s accessories….
March 10, 2014
A Lifetime Of Infrequent Wearing
StyleForum member MafooFan – who’s famous on that board for not only his good sense of style, but also his…
February 18, 2014
Rugged Ivy: Princeton Sophomores After A Snowball Fight In The Winter Of 1893
Tailored clothes, rollneck sweaters, and an Ivy league education didn’t seem to civilize this fight any. All three men pictured…
February 1, 2014
Tartans + Shetlands + Waxed Jackets
I don’t reblog much, but couldn’t help myself with this one. I admit, I’ve experimented a lot when it comes…
August 26, 2013
I Know There Are People Out There
I know there are people out there who spend countless hours discussing the correct depth of trouser cuffs and length…
August 21, 2013
Charles McGrath On The Effort Involved In Effortless Style, 1998
When I was in college, there was a guy famous for wrapping his brand-new Weejuns with duct tape so that…
July 18, 2013
Allen Edmonds Finds That Twelve Percent Of Women Will Throw Out Your Ugly Shoes
Allen Edmonds Finds That Twelve Percent of Women Will Throw Out Your Ugly Shoes “First off, the women all had…
June 3, 2013
Christian At Ivy Style
Christian at Ivy Style has a fascinating retrospective on a formative but largely forgotten American clothier: Rogers Peet.
April 24, 2013
The OCBD Shirt Series, Part VI: Our Recommendations
After reviewing so many companies, we thought it’d be useful to say which we recommend the most. Obviously much depends…
January 12, 2013
Ivy League Style In 25 Items Or Less
There’s a lovely new book called Ivy Style based on the Ivy Style exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology….