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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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Those Lapels
A terrific vintage illustration, presumably late ’40s to early ’50s judging by those lapels. You’ll likely wish to copy everything but those. Update: original source found:
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The Flag, Betsy Ross, and my man Francis Hopkinson
Ivy Notes S1 E21
The Ugliest Pictures On The Internet (but click on them)
Sneakers.
The Superlative Khaki – Andover Shop’s Essex Pant
Member Profile: James Darley – Ivy Chief Of Staff
The Only Thing That Bugs Me Still About This Site After A Year
Ivy Father’s Day
Photography Catches Up With Ivy (or vice versa) And The Amazing Tom Brings His A Game This Week
There was a period of Ivy marketing where you couldn’t determine much about how any product was different from any other product because the photography looked… the same. And then a decade passed and you couldn’t determine much about the product, or even what decade you were looking at because the photography looked… the same. …
I Apparently Invited My Potential Mother In Law To Do Something Inappropriate And A Fantastic Perfume.
First time I gave a woman perfume it was a misstep. Remember the Senator’s daughter? It was the first time I met her mother. I was familiar with silverware, I knew how to open the door for people, and I even handwrote thank you notes. We drove out to her house, Toms River NJ, and …
Covid’s Opening Act Was Summer Fridays
This is my day today, started at 3:15, did the pages (I write three handwritten pages every morning, first thing – you know how you dump out the old grinds before you make new coffee, some of them hug the sides of the filter because it is wet and you have to rinse the filter …
J. Press… OPENS A Store.
Editor’s Note: As the new store is opened on Elm Street, J. Press will no longer operate the store on College Street. The contents of my new inbox this morning (do yourself a favor and NEVER change site hosts) were as thus: an article on whether or not it is okay to wear shorts to …
Prasan Shah of The Original Madras Trading Company Has Been Reading Our Site.
The first line of the Origin Story on their new website is, “Original Madras Trading Company is a family business with a checkered past.” I am friends with Prasan. I didn’t make that joke on our site before this, but I should have. The Original Madras Company is The Source. For madras. Not surfing. Their …
You Pick A Theme Because I Apparently Cannot. I Can, However, Pick An After Shave.
Here are your choices. It is nonsense to care THIS MUCH about how you dress (you’re on an Ivy site friend) and still argue that you don’t care about packaging. Rhys Moore, the CEO of St John Bay Rum, may have found that perfect middle ground between historic preservation and cultural relevance. Layered is a …
The Ivy Friendship Essay
“Out of all the pearls I can buy in the world, I need my college best friend’s two dollar necklace.” – Vaishali College is not the given it once was. I am fashioning this divining rod for college as my daughter graduates her freshman year in high school. And I am struggling. She has the …
Mountain & Sackett Are Best In Class Ivy Ties… And Made In America… And Family Owned (3rd Generation)… And Good Guys.
So the WOCBD OCD thing is kinda worked out, I got a bunch of blue shirts, and when I wear them I don’t itch or walk in circles. One must always pursue growth. Not wearing a repp tie though, that was Lithium-Withdrawal- Hard. But this tie from Mountain & Sackett: Here it is, …
Requiescat In Pace
If you have a Presidential Memorial Day quote you would like us all to see, please post it in the comments and I will find a photo to go with it and post it between now and Tuesday morning. Tuesday is our review of Mountain & Sackett’s Spring/Summer ties, but until then have a safe …
Accidentally Ivy Part Two – J. Peterman
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 …