http://www.ivy-style.com Soft Shoulders and Hard Bop Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:40:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since their invention by British soldiers in India, who tried to conceal dust by dying their trousers with tea, khaki pants have been a menswear staple marked by overabundance. Department store racks are lousy with them, and new brands appear and die out yearly. The khaki market is a hard ... http://www.ivy-style.com/jack-donnelly-wants-to-be-your-go-to-khaki.html The following is an interview with Wes Del Val, vice president and associate publisher at powerHouse Books, which brings out "Take Ivy" on August 31. IS: "Take Ivy" isn't due to come out for another month, and yet you've already pre-sold the first printing. How many copies have you sold ... http://www.ivy-style.com/the-rights-stuff-the-publication-of-take-ivy.html Will Fall 2010 be remembered as the peak —and therefore beginning of the end — of the Preppy/Ivy/Trad/Americana trend, or will it mark the beginning of a much larger and longer influence on American style and culture? Time will tell, and things are heating up in preparation. In this weekend's ... http://www.ivy-style.com/ivy-trendwatch-this-is-going-to-be-huge.html Until somebody finds the official "Take Ivy" video (our man in Tokyo is working on it), this may be the closest thing to surface so far. For the past couple of months I've been subscribed to the Princeton Campus Life YouTube channel. Most of the archival footage has been recent or ... http://www.ivy-style.com/princeton-1962-as-take-ivy-as-it-gets.html It's Menswear Market Week here in New York, and I've spent the past few days at a couple of the trade shows. First up, Designer Forum, sponsored by the Custom Tailors & Designers Association, the oldest trade organization in the US. Pictured above are rep bow ties ... http://www.ivy-style.com/show-time-capsule-and-designer-forum-wrap-up.html This is a 20-minute clip, so watch it over lunch if you're the kind of poor schlub who eats lunch at his desk. And if you're at home, pour yourself a drink and get comfortable. Love the towel worn as a scarf in the opening. Great chinos and sweaters in action ... http://www.ivy-style.com/princeton-crew-1948-50.html Bob Sheppard, the legendary public address announcer for the New York Yankees from 1951 to 2007, died on July 11th at the age of 99. He was raised in Queens and went to St. John’s University, where he won seven letters and served as senior class president, and later returned ... http://www.ivy-style.com/voices-carry-remembering-yankees-announcer-bob-sheppard.html Think you're smart? Think you're — you know — Ivy League smart? Then see if you can figure out the cryptic meaning of this vintage Chipp emblematic necktie. Pictured are four motifs. They are: A clock reading 3:55 An empty whisky bottle A woman with one breast exposed A toilet What does it mean? Hint: It's ... http://www.ivy-style.com/play-ball-the-chipp-necktie-puzzle-challenge.html When powerHouse Books releases the first English-language edition of "Take Ivy" on August 31, eager readers will finally get a chance to see its enchantingly atmospheric photos as they were meant to be seen: within the hardbound covers of a picture book. Though widely disseminated on the Internet, scanned ... http://www.ivy-style.com/take-ivy-last-gasp-of-the-ivy-league-look.html The latest issue of Singapore-based The Rake just came out, with the following piece on the past and present of madras, for which I interviewed Paul Winston, Ethan Huber of O'Connell's, and Brooks Brothers merchandiser Jeff Blee. American Indian: Madras, named for the Indian city where it originated, ... http://www.ivy-style.com/summer-staple-chens-on-madras-for-the-rake.html