If you follow Ivy, you know what happens when one generation tells another, “Wear what I did the way I wore it.” The resurgence of Ivy is an opportunity to invite a new generation to the party, but in a new way. That is an easy thing to get wrong, and a hard thing to …
In it, I asked him what he would do differently if he had my job. He said he really enjoyed “service series” where we compare and contrast different offerings in a category. Khakis, jackets, whatever. Boyer says jump, Burton asks how high? So, we are going to do it. I have categories laid out, but …
Editor’s note: The following piece, written by Daniel D. Covell, touched me. When I started at NW Ayer in 1986, Brooks Brothers was aspirational. I would go in not to buy, because I couldn’t, but I would go in to know what to aim for. Not all nostalgia is backward thinking as we have been …
Editor’s Note: Next week esteemed author and Ivy-Style contributor Daniel D. Covell is publishing a piece here about the closed Brooks flagship store in Manhattan. In research, he spoke to his brother, Rev. Brian Covell, about the Reverend’s own experience working at Brooks. The following are his recollections, and lessons. In the late 1990s, while …
So Mitchell was the first to send me this email he got from a company claiming they were Southern Ivy. I reached out to the company and they have not responded. Over the years I have met with resistance on introducing new items into the canon. We have come a long way on that. But …
A sample sale is both a great way to pick up bargains for the experienced but also a great point of entry if you want the best madras in the world.
Some great submissions, thought I would organize them here and see if there are any more. Mitchell wrote about the Fun Shirt, but I think that IS in the canon, yeah? Elder Prep suggested cargo pants. This is a great suggestion. Utilitarian. For years they were all I wore in the winter on jobs. And …
Ivy Icon Paul Newman in the A Shirt. Classic Fella sells an A Shirt that I tried, then researched, and now submit for addition. First, the case for addition. Exhibit A Exhibit B Exhibit C – not as Ivy as some but the 2nd best Christmas movie of all time. So the A Shirt is …
It takes a set of brass —-s to make the decision that Stephen Powell made. (Don’t worry, I am calling back the brass —- joke in a minute.) Some background. Powell was raised in a small town in northern Mississippi by an optometrist father and an accountant mother. The view of the world from this …
What’s an innovation (leather loafers without socks) or a product (turquoise inlay belt buckle) that is not part of the canon that you would vote yay on if presented for consideration?
Received a note for my birthday last week that said that the site “relaxes me.” Was particularly happy about that. That’s a good space to have in an internet designed to make you mad. Been lively here the last couple of days. So I went on the American Bar Associations site to see what the …
Max Brewer, who makes a brilliant point, also noted that this is ” USMC M1942 Frogspot Camo. If there is an Ivy Camo, this is it.…” Click here to revisit the Duck Head Camo Chino.
Duck Head has done something remarkable that I wanted to bring to your attention. We have seen how not to reinvigorate a legacy brand (ahem) right? This release from Duck Head is a masterclass in how TO do it. Let me explain. The Fall/Winter Collection just got released and I had a chance to review …
Today is my 60th birthday. I went to the gym, came home, showered, and put on shorts and a white ocbd. While I was doing so, it occurred to me that this is probably my most Ivy year yet. The author at 60, pre-gym, no filters. Why? Because you can dress a lot of things …
… and is having a sale to celebrate. It’s not just shirts, there are these wonderful robes, beach mats, and PLEASE check out the Summer Jacket. That is a crazy price for a real madras jacket. Click here to check it out.
Editor’s note: Mr. Michael J. Connolly grew up in Essex, MA and is now a professor of history in Indiana. Mr. Connolly is a regular contributor to Imaginative Conservative as well. His piece was a very timely submission, as I have evolved too with civility and how to reinforce it here. As I enter my …
You see, here in the comments and on the FB group, a lot about the debt that Ivy owes to the UK. Is that true though? First, you have to start with what Ivy is. Ivy isn’t Trad, right? Ivy has Trad in it. Sushi has rice in it but we don’t call it rice. …
Once again, The Amazing Tom provides a round-up of Ivy-relevant articles for us. Up first is this article in the Wall Street Journal about mixing patterns. I have a simple rule for myself, DON’T. Unless it is a tie. Then, never stripes with stripes. Some people pull it off, I am not amongst them. In …
On my other show Home From Here, Mr. Boyer called in and we did an hour sampling and talking about some of the music in his new book, Riffs, which is available on Amazon here. Riffs by G. Bruce Boyer He was an amazing guest, and we covered a breadth of topics. We purposely stayed …