Christian Chensvold
Founder and Editor
Alexis Abbey, G. Bruce Boyer, Scott Byrnes, Marc Chevalier, Will Chou, Deirdre Clemente,
Zachary DeLuca, Andrew S. Eastman, Riley Ford, Chris Hogan, Pete LaVoie, W. David Marx,
Michael Mattis, Tom Ryan, Christopher Sharp, Bill Stephenson, Taliesin, Rebecca C. Tuite
Contributing Writers
Dot Dakota
Logo Design
Claudiu Rogoveanu
Website Maintenance
Ivy-Style was founded October 1, 2008 by Christian Chensvold, a New York-based writer whose work has appeared in L’Uomo Vogue, Robb Report, The LA Times Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, RalphLauren.com, Rugby.com, The Men’s Book, NYTimes.com, AskMen.com, Esquire.com, and many other publications. He is also the founder of Dandyism.net and FineArtsLA.com, and a contributing editor at The Rake. Chensvold attended Cal State Fullerton on a fencing scholarship, where he was conference champion while studying English.
Contributing writer Zachary DeLuca is based in Cambridge. He has recently returned to his native soil after studies abroad in Scotland, where he received his Masters Degree in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh. He also holds a BA in English from Boston University. His interest in mid-century menswear arose after a chance encounter with a vintage gabardine suit, which he promptly wore to pieces and then vowed to find as many more as possible. An avid collector of clothing, he can be found combing the racks of J.Press and the local thrift store with equal relish. When off-duty, he enjoys a general excess of corduroy, single-malt scotch and pipe smoke.
Contributing writer Taliesin prefers to write under a nom de plume due to his position in the Federal Government. A Southerner, Taliesin grew up wearing Duck Head khakis and Sperry Topsiders without socks, but always admired his military officer father’s Harris Tweed sportcoats and knit ties. Taliesin acquired a taste for 3/2 sack suits while in graduate school at Cornell and Harvard. Based in Washington, he enjoys visiting New England and returning home to the South whenever possible, and finds the two regions surprisingly similar, despite their remarkably different accents.
Sponsors of Ivy-Style’s Battle of the Wits giveaways have included J. Crew, LL Bean, J. Press, Bills Khakis and Sperry Top-Sider.















Sirs,
I’m interested in writing for Ivy Style.
I’m a graduate of Dartmouth College, with a degree in English. While in college I wrote for The Dartmouth Review, an offshoot of Bill Buckley’s National Review. I’ve since spent time in public relations drafting press releases and by-lined articles and am now a law student.
Traditional men’s clothing has always been very interesting to me for its style and elegance, and also for its ability to evoke long-ago values and traditions.
I’d appreciate any opportunity which might arise to contribute to this web log.
Thank you for your time.
Best,
Andrew
Dear Sir:
Yours is a fantastic website!
Especially a treat to navigate through all its Ivy ephemera.
I have never seen J. Press catalogs prior to 1958 so keep unearthing those wonderful remembrances of fabulous clothing past.
Cheers,
DSW
J. Press NY
Dear Sir,
Your style is super-amazing, and your hair is certainly Ivy League is both form and substance. Is Cal State - Fullerton one of the West Coast Ivies? I know that Brown is considered the “best” Ivy, but maybe I’ve forgotten one or two of them. Thanks to your wonderful website, I have just purchase five pairs of Khakis, some shorts with tiny crabs on them, and a schooner. What you are doing is truly God’s work, so keep your collar popped. See you in Martha’s Vineyard with the other whites.
Yours Truly,
Nigel Kittay Hetherington, Jr.
Dear Editor,
I am truly amazed by this website’s caliber of writing and scholarly articles. (It’s about time someone made a website for retards.) Shocking that this administration failed to read the article “Corduroy is the solution to the gulf spill.” While I am saddended in the fact that most of you are penned up in Nantucket for the summer, I take great joy in sleeping with your girlfriends while you are all away. I truly provide them with the pearl necklaces they deserve.
Said the Jew
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Thanks for your scholarly work and passion for mid-centruty garb. I am an African American, and I am releasing a book called “Prep 101″ on August 31, 2010. It’s a historical preppie fashion guide that reveals secrets of the wealthy, and the cultural diversity that exists within the ranks. Prep 101 provides an in-depth review of those that are PREP-pared for Power and the battle for social rank and status.
I would love to discuss the book, and how we could share information that will reveal how smart dress has influenced the “great unwashed- those that follow ‘the crowd’ and don’t have a mind of their own.
Please have someone contact me 706-951-2671. Thanks