Tradified
Tradified
From The Editor
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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Golden Years: Curtain Call In New York
In 2012, and in part because of Ivy-Style.com, which helped bring Richard Press back onto the stage of life, the former J. Press president once again became a citizen of Manhattan, leaving the suburbs of Connecticut for an Upper East Side apartment. Since then Richard has become a part of his family’s firm once again, …
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Dignity Again.
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Science (a little bit of it), The Last Word On Collar Whatevers, And Pippa Middleton
The Spice Of Life, Collar Pins vs. Collar Bars, And More On How To Talk To People
The Ivy Resolutions – Part 2
Editor’s Note – A wish for you for a tremendous 2022. I have a good feeling. Perhaps without foundation, but most joy springs out of nowhere anyway. We will be back on Monday, January 3rd. I never say “Be safe” because who remembers that, ever? No one does. You will not be out tonight and …
Ivy Resolutions For 2022 – A More Tradified Life (Part One)
If you think that traditional aesthetics cannot be applied to a non-traditional life, what about a guy who makes his living wearing Ivy clothes when he isn’t a singer/songwriter with an earring who tells stories about mental health maintenance and how his 6 year old daughter saved his life? Still, things can always get more …
Ivy Memorandum Season 1 Episode 1
Sorry, I just can’t abide another “round up.” In no particular order: Mr. Graham Marsh has done a number of illustrations which are remarkable over at Kamakura Shirts in a piece he also wrote entitled: A to Z of the Ivy Look. There is some revisionist history in here, but I think you will enjoy …
Dr. Claire-Marie Brisson Talks Ivy, Zoë Talks Ducks, And A Few Other Notes
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 …
Ivy-Style.com Acquired by Fortified Enterprises LLC & John Burton
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 15, 2021 — Bedford, NY — Fortified Enterprises, LLC announced today that it has partnered with John Burton and acquired the website Ivy-Style.com and its related intellectual property. Burton has been named CEO of both Fortified Enterprises and Ivy Style. “The Ivy-Style website is the foremost interactive digital community focused …
So Ivy vs. Slow Ivy
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’m Ivy, You’re…
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 …
Black Ivy & Cultural Appropriation
Ok so I have not read the book. I am working off of the marketing materials, so this is not a review of the book per se. On the other hand it is not often one gets the double dip of quoting Elvis to make an intellectual point AND being asked for an encore. From …
Just Ordering Appetizers
The bow tie is Latin. People still read it when they come across it, but no one speaks it anymore. I am in and out of Manhattan twice a week, I live in Bedford, and my free time is spent in Rye and Greenwich and the last bow tie I saw other than my own …
The Answer Is The Duluth Fire Hose Bulldozer Backpack But Only For The Next Three Months
The Duluth Trading Co. is not shy. The plumber’s crack image is almost as prevalent as their logo. In fact, I bet you know that image better than you know their logo. It’s not over the top but it is right on the brink. Naming the most functional backpack (it is, as we say on …