Interview with Constantine Valhouli, author of Miles, Chet, Ralph & Charlie: An oral history of The Andover Shop Miles, Chet, Ralph & Charlie: An oral history of The Andover Shop chronicles how The Andover Shop, an iconic clothier in in Harvard Square, became an unexpected literary and jazz salon in the 1950s. At its center stood …
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Matthew Longcore, J. Press Icons Campaign 2024-25 Ivy Style (Ivy-Style.com) is the leading authority on the Ivy League Look. We feature traditional, classic, timeless style. Editor and publisher Matthew Longcore is the founder of the Preppy Handbook Fan Club. He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and in the J. Press Icons Campaign.
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Back in January, when I learned about what we now call the new/old Brooks Brothers oxford-cloth buttondown, Ivy Style did something unprecedented: we ran two posts in one day. And the next day we did it again. These four posts — the news announcement, followed by analysis pieces by myself, Bruce Boyer, and Dan Greenwood …
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By Matthew Longcore In her latest article, Muffy Aldrich from Salt Water New England lists New England’s Preppiest Towns, Villages, and Enclaves. I grew up in Westport, Connecticut and my grandparents lived on Prospect Road in the Green’s Farms section of town, a place on Muffy’s list. You may also know this area as the …
The Big Three Yale University 1923 Shawl Collar Sweater The Yale Football team has won 27 National Championships since they began competing in 1872. Walter Camp, the “Father of American Football” was a Yale alumnus and coach. Camp attended Hopkins School and graduated from Yale College in 1880. At Yale he was a member of …
Today, Ralph Lauren received the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the nation’s highest civilian honor. As the first fashion designer to receive the honor, Mr. Lauren received this award recognizing his contributions to American style, culture, and society for more than six decades. The Official Preppy Handbook Fan Club owes everything to Ralph Lauren. I collected Polo …
By Matthew Longcore The Great Gatsby is my favorite novel. While no film adaptation can ever live up to the writing quality of F. Scott Fitzgerald, the 1974 version starring Robert Redford and the 2013 version starring Leonardo DiCaprio each have great clothes. Ralph Lauren was the fashion consultant for the 1974 film and Brooks Brothers …
Merry Christmas from Ivy Style editor Matthew Longcore J. Press Brown/Olive Herringbone Sport Coat Polo Ralph Lauren Blue Oxford Cloth Button Down Shirt Brooks Brothers Navy-Red Silk Knit Striped Tie Archer Rust Corduroy Pants G.H. Bass Navy Pasadena Suede Bucks
By Matthew Longcore In 1989, when I was a high school junior, one of my favorite movies of all time made its debut on the silver screen. Dead Poets Society is set in 1959 at Welton Academy, a fictional boarding school, and was filmed at St. Andrew’s School, an Episcopal boarding school in Delaware. The …
By Dan Covell The end of every calendar year leads many to list-making: The top films of the year, the top books, the top eateries, etc. A group of friends and I, self-dubbed the “Fantastic Four,” met at Jimmy’s, a terrific cigar bar/restaurant in New Jersey and got a jump on this exercise to discuss …
By Matthew Longcore Traditional, classic, timeless – these are the hallmarks of Ivy Style. All of these are woven together by nostalgia. Nostalgia – that sentimental, wistful affection for the past – is heightened during the holiday season. Although we celebrate the holidays with our loved ones in the present moment, we are never exclusively …
By Matthew Longcore Christmas is my favorite holiday for so many reasons, not the least of which is the music. As a lifelong Anglophile, I have always had an affinity for English Christmas carols. “Good King Wenceslas” is my all-time favorite, and I especially love the Celtic folk version from Loreena McKennitt on her 1995 …
By Sarah Cooney Sarah is the creator of the blog Fewer & Better and a contributing writer for Ivy Style. You can find Sarah on Substack. Christmas shopping for the traditional woman in your life (whether yourself or a loved one) is always fraught with difficulties. How do you know what is really worth it? …