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 …
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 …
Editor’s Note: I count Claire-Marie Brisson amongst my friends. What was once considered a diluted platform of contact, Messengering on FB, has evolved. Certainly the times have called for it, and we have all gotten better at it. We have gotten to know each other some, and her views are not only interesting and …
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 …
J. Press is going back to its alma mater. I did the same thing. My undergrad was out in Iowa where there was not a lot of Ivy going on, but the Prep scene was a real, real thing. Polo shirt under polo shirt, deck shoes, popped collars – it was a church school, and …
Historic Image Lovers – here’s your wheelhouse. Duck Head is searching for “vintage “throwback” photos with folks sporting Duck Head or even just the Duck Head look (khakis, Oxford shirt, loafers, etc.) around the time of the late 70s through the 80s.” If Duck Head uses your picture, YOU get to be an Ivy model …
Editor’s Note: Always hated the perception that Ivy is exclusively a northeast thing . This article was submitted by the proprietor of Brazos Barbershop in Austin. Click here to see the site. If you have a small business that you feel is Ivy, by all means, let me know and let’s get you out there. …
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: 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 …
Editor’s Note: Why? Because (1) you asked for more Sarah and I totally agree, (2) in the event that you didn’t get everything you want, don’t celebrate Christmas, or have not received the last gift you are ever going to get, (3) a gift you don’t like or aren’t going to use makes you lie …
There’s so much good stuff in the comments and I fear a lot of it gets lost – the pen discussion really took off so I thought it would be of service to postpone for one more day the Part 2 of the Ivy Resolutions and collect the comments on the pen discussion here. …
If you think that traditional aesthetics cannot be applied to a non-traditional life, what about a guy who makes his living wearing Ivy clothes when he isn’t a singer/songwriter with an earring who tells stories about mental health maintenance and how his 6 year old daughter saved his life? Still, things can always get more …
This is not his profile, that is coming. But I will say this. 3 year Ivy Style member (over that the FB Group) Anthony Kalamut find the interesting stuff, and starts interesting conversations. His profile is coming (my fault, I have to do the interview) but my friend Anthony Kalamut is a survivor, a …
Editor’s Note: Ok so these illustrations are not the same caliber image as my Paula Abdul image last week, but Zoë created each picture herself. -JB The season is in full swing, my friends. Some of you may have already hit a socializing wall, and still more will have a lingering hangover up until around …
It was fun on the Ivy Style Facebook page in honor of St. Andrew’s day and celebrating the tartans and kilts from Scottish culture that have influenced Ivy styles (with dignity, honor and distinction that -our conversations realized- does not appropriate the Scots). All of that hoopla inspired me to share some big news …
The Duluth Trading Co. is not shy. The plumber’s crack image is almost as prevalent as their logo. In fact, I bet you know that image better than you know their logo. It’s not over the top but it is right on the brink. Naming the most functional backpack (it is, as we say on …
You want a sculptor making your shoes. Justin Jeffers is the founder of Jay Butler shoes. That’s the site, go there. It is a collection of fantastic surprises. Let me keep going. I spent some time on the phone, texting, emailing Justin. In one of our first calls, we discovered that we had corporate turnaround …
Context: I had the chance to speak to Mr. Robert Squillaro, who is the Senior Vice President and Chief Merchandising Officer of J. Press about this project, which is a collaboration between Todd Snyder (if you don’t know who Todd Snyder is, he is a VERY NYC designer, successful for sure, launched his own …
EDITOR’S NOTE: Once again the writing of my friend Zoë is accompanied by her great illustrations. Ivy women live for the coming of sweater weather. They’re warm, they’re practical, and we’ll wear each of them exactly twice a season to rotate the horde we conceal from friends and family. The uninitiated may ask, why so …