This is J. Peterman. I am not at all sure how Ivy this is. The company was founded in 1987. The company did not appear on Seinfeld until 1995, and if you ask USA Today it wasn’t until then that fame came. I would argue that fame happened long before or else why …
What’s that cover image? It is the St. Leonard’s Women’s Lacross Team, 1890. Why is it here? Two reasons. First, it is a cool image and lacrosse is Ivy. Four Ivy League schools in the final eight for national title this year. Second, got my butt beat doing a boxing training with a female trainer …
I would like to think that if Roger Angell were a guitar player with a teen daughter, he would wear an earring. He definitely combined worlds. As a word-by-word best-in-class editor whose mother married E.B. White (and didn’t tell him), Angell could have written anything, and he chose to focus on a game. Baseball. Roger …
Next week we will be moving the site, AND signing off on final design changes. Last call for thoughts, contributions, etc. A few ideas still kicking around. First, that you would have to subscribe to comment (not a paid subscription). That would take a few months to implement, just verifying the subscriptions, but the …
I don’t get why the white buck is not the second thing you buy if you are building an Ivy wardrobe. First of course is the WOCBD. But as you are walking out of the store, or back in your house from the mailbox depending on how you shop, look down, and ask yourself. …
Thank you to J. Press for hosting a wonderful evening. A number of great things happened. First, I FINALLY got to meet Laura Arnold in person. Mountain & Sackett, the company that is 3rd generation family owned and makes their silk-on-both-sides ties, has their spring collection out. I am going to review it later …
My friend Chapman is looking for vintage Tretorns, women’s, Size 10. If you know of any, leave it in the comments? I am working on a piece about the WHY of Ivy looking good and wanted to bounce three theories off of you first. If you do some online research, you find, well, …
Was at the gym Saturday morning. Guy walks in with a shirt that looks like it came in a spray can. I always carry a bag, the bag has a notebook in it. Here’s what I came up with: Bro you are not an Avenger. In working with Dylan and Duncan (and Elena, which …
Editor’s Note: I am right there with you, but Charles Bellinger makes a point. Like almost everything, the 70’s weren’t all bad, and he has made a case here. – JB If aesthetics must be judged within the context of their time, then the watch world of the 60s and 70s was a lot …
Thank you, Matthew Reichlin over at the FB Group. I know, you don’t like FB. You should join just for this group. In fact, if you click on the picture… That’s Maria Popova. She has an interview policy I do not understand. I understand asking for donations for your site, the thought has occurred. But …
J. Press will be there. Because it is at J. Press. On Tuesday, May 10 at the store in D.C. (that’s 1801 L Street NW #2) from 6 – 8PM, and on Thursday, May 12 at the store in NYC (that’s 51 E44th Street) J. Press is hosting an event, and you are invited. Rhys …
Is lipstick on a pig Ivy? I refer you to some Ivy reference points. Davis. McQueen. Kennedy. Poitier. Bush. Astaire. O’Rourke. You can wear what they wear. You probably own some of what they wear (except maybe Bush’s latter day socks – which were the apex of elegance but easier to pull off once the …
I don’t know what the secret to a good collaboration is. But I know a guy who does. Robert Squillaro is the Chief Merchandising Officer for J. Press, and has been key in the last several successful J. Press collaborations. This time out, Squillaro and Press are working with Frances Valentine, and if it is …
I wanted to introduce you to another company that insists on Made In America, is downright fanatical about quality, and whose CEO has a Vision Board above her desk of images of who her customers are, and asks every day if she is giving them what they want. And to borrow from our phone conversation …
Don’t blame me. There is an official association for cornhole (is it Cornhole? – Somebody?) and one of the first things you read on the site is: “You bring the drinks and…” Which is kind of cheap for an association, I would think dues would pay for drinks. It isn’t like they are going for …
The J. Press Warehouse sale is paused for now. I will let you know when it is back up. JB
Editor’s Note: In reading the comments, JackDonnelly.com kept coming up. Here’s the origin story, it has a few links to the website in it. In fact, here’s another. They are a few days away from a restock of some of their categories. I will stay in touch with them and let you know, but check …
If you are in DC on May 10, or in NY on May 12, stop by J. Press after work. They are holding an event, Prasan Shah of the Original Madras Company and Rhys Moore of St Johns Fragrance Company are giving presentations (I am doing an interview with them in a few hopefully) and …
Well, if pictures are worth a thousand words each. Ok, let me head off a few errant comments before they are posted. (1) Boat shoes are leather. (2) Sneakers are justifiable as exhibits because they tend to be tighter, you tend to walk more …