My favorite story about presidential valets (grammar note before you get your blood pressure up, “presidential” is only capitalized when it is part of a formal title, like the name of an event, like Presidential Inauguration – it is not a proper noun unto itself so in this usage, small p – which reminds me, …
“Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.” – P.J. O’Rourke Out my window this morning are trees shedding snow. In Bedford we are three inches deep but it is already starting to warm. Today will be in the mid 40’s. The trees will shake the snow the way a dog shakes the rain. You get to …
Editor’s Note: All shirts were dry cleaned with light starch at an eco-friendly dry cleaner and delivered on a hanger, not folded. The same ties and suit will be worn across the board so that you can compare apples to apples. All images were, to my tremendous humility, posted without a filter so you …
In Bedford today, it is supposed to reach 56 degrees. We started out at 27 this morning, but by 11… … blue blazer. My first exposure to the respect – that’s not the word. Esteem? That’s not the word. Recognition of iconic status? Clunky phrase. The first time I understood that the navy blazer was …
Thank you Tom for sending me this article from Mr. Magazine, and the rest of you can thank me for sparing you from reading it. I can’t wait to read the comments today, I am not good at conspiracy theories but there is an agenda for media to continue to push the no-one-gets-dressed-up-anymore narrative, to …
Yesterday Sarah from Fewer And Better told us about The Laundress which is a line of cleaning products. They have a decent blog over there too covering how to care for your clothes. Worth a spin. Their products got a few endorsements here. I’ve never tried, but Sarah has and I trust her. I got …
Happy Birthday Zoë!! May this year be amongst your favorites. And thank you for everything you are doing and going to do here. So we can track how people use the site, obviously, and some do scroll through a dozen posts or so at a time. One of the most popular posts that people go …
Good morning. J Press sent me the rendering for the new store. Here: I have learned an amazing thing for those of us who wear glasses and order online. I wear progressives (bifocals without the line) and I wear them pretty much all the time. I’m no Oprah (different glasses for every outfit) but I …
I don’t know this restaurant, it is called The Commentary (great name for a restaurant) but if you go to their web site here, it looks REALLY GOOD. Been a New Yorker my whole life but I do notice three things: I would venture to say that 75% of the New Yorkers I talk …
Allow me to introduce Mr. Maghmood Mohamed, who is a member of the Ivy-Style Facebook Group, and who hails from and lives in South Africa. If you would like to get to know Mr. Mohamed, you can learn what you need to from this quote from his page: “I’m not all I was meant …
I have never been able to pick my clothes out the day before. I mean, scheduled occasions, sure. When I am called into service as Best Man. I can tell you I am the best Best Man. How to be the Best Best Man? Like all of life, it comes in threes. First, and this …
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 …
Editor’s Note: The following are quotes from Strength To Love by Martin Luther King, Jr. “Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” “One day we will …
Editor’s Note: Warning. The following post contains material that could be harmful or traumatizing to some audiences. Editor’s Note (2): I am referring to talking about how I shower. Just skip over that part if it creates theater of the mind. I have two concurrent issues. First, I am fastidious about my own cleanliness. You …
Two things drive me insane (1) The first minute and a half of any amateur You Tube video and (2) intros where the author tries to sell you the premise of the article and it is something you already know. If I have to tell you about how important morning is then this site is …
The passing of Sidney Poitier is being covered, rightfully, in such detail and so well elsewhere that I would only be dragging the remembrances down with my own respect. Here is the NY Times obituary, a good place to start. I heard a story this weekend too about dignity that I wanted to share. …
Editor’s Note: Here’s the start of the watch discussion, expecting many comments and subsequent posts to follow. I know, Timex. Everyone knows Timex. Here’s my Timex. You can tell this has taken the licking. It is about 20 years old. Here is why I don’t wear it in the winter. It is smaller in terms …
What does Men’s Health do after they team up with the Opinion Research Corporation and conduct a study which finds that, overwhelmingly, the most important physical attribute of a man to a woman is his sense of style with musculature and facial features lagging way behind? (I got the study in my inbox – not …
Yesterday was Ivy-interesting. First, I get this great email from Chris with an article from the Washington Post about Socrates and our lack of civil discourse. A subject on which, as an aside, I think we have turned a corner, having moved now from “I can’t tell you what it is but I know …