I am struggling with this myself. With Gramercy. Last night a member of the FB group posted a picture of Mr. Andre here, who has, on his 12th birthday, started experimenting. With Ivy clothes. As I understand it there was a journey through sweatpants here. But now we have arrived home. I cannot say the …
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Ivy is a fashion born of a mindset manifested in a lifestyle. There are values attached: dignity, the value and power of thought, ethics, hard work, aesthetics, appreciation of all things classic, and the dogged pursuit of excellence. While Ivy evolves (I haven’t worn socks since Easter) the values don’t. If you are a …
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Last week Brooks Brothers unveiled its exhibit inside Grand Central Terminal, just a couple blocks from its Madison Avenue flagship. I checked it out on opening day, and found commuters of all stripes — some even rep — who stopped by to have a look. It certainly shows the breadth of the brand over …
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Dr. Claire-Marie Brisson is a faculty member in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. She resides in Cambridge, MA and is originally from Metro Detroit. A foodie and oenophile, Dr. Brisson recognizes that a life well-lived combines aesthetics, form, function, and (of course) food. It’s often been said that Ivy is …
I read something about Christmas White as a clothes color two days ago and started thinking that the only time I have ever seen anything close to it was Steve McQueen in a photo I am sure is already on this site but here it is again for you: My oldest (and therefore favorite) pair …
I am a touring musician, this summer anyway. Used to tour a lot. Write my own stuff, have a kind of unique (I know, things can’t be kind of unique but this is, it is the guitar-is-a-piano thing James Taylor does but different) way of playing guitar, been on the radio, in a past life …
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mr. Chevalier has posted a whole collection of these essays on the Facebook Group, as well as providing a lot of keen insight. He’s invaluable. – JB IVY STYLE AND PLEATED TROUSERS: WHY THE DISCORD? For at least as long as Ivy has been categorized as a style, it has been …
Editor’s Note: Jonathan Boorstein is a regular contributor who also has curated an image library of the most fantastic automobiles. He can be reached on the Facebook Group as well. “Christmastime is prime time for tartan plaids,” proclaims the latest catalog from The Vermont Country Store, which, like Yankee Magazine, is one of those minor, …
You want a sculptor making your shoes. Justin Jeffers is the founder of Jay Butler shoes. That’s the site, go there. It is a collection of fantastic surprises. Let me keep going. I spent some time on the phone, texting, emailing Justin. In one of our first calls, we discovered that we had corporate turnaround …
Context: I had the chance to speak to Mr. Robert Squillaro, who is the Senior Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer of J. Press about this project, which is a collaboration between Todd Snyder (if you don’t know who Todd Snyder is, he is a VERY NYC designer, successful for sure, launched his own …
A stupid title for this post would be: If you aren’t dressed, you are the turkey. This is why we edit. I was going to do a post about why one should dress for Thanksgiving. And I was going to pepper it with pictures of people who are examples. And do you know, aside from …
In the comments, the Filson briefcase got a lot of exposure. I carried one for 10 years +. That’s good, but then again… I carried one so much that I added an ACK patch to it. ACK are the call letters for the Nantucket airport, which is incredibly bougie EXCEPT I’ve been going …
Editor’s Note: Jack Lee is a member of the FB group who posted this review yesterday. I will be posting other reviews as well as they come in, but his perspective is great. – JB   My 25th birthday is this week so I decided to treat myself with a trip to the local Brooks …