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 …
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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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During the Ivy heyday, before the Free Speech Movement, discourse on college campuses was largely the opposite of today. Pro-establishment speech was politically correct, while anti-establishment speech was incorrect. Richard Press reminds us that while the tables have turned, there has always been speech that is discouraged. * * * Professor Herb West delivered his …
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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 …
It is MIGHTY hard to not wear socks with loafers and not veer too prep. No knock against prep, but if you are moving the needle in the Ivy direction and you want to wear loafers and no socks, you probably default to the traditional penny loafer, with its unfortunately named beefroll, wide slot for …
Editor’s Note – The Jay Butler Penny Loafer review was supposed to post today, but it has rained here in Bedford for the last maybe 213 days straight, and I couldn’t get the pictures I wanted to show you of them. Today is supposed to be nice, so fingers crossed. It is written, I just …
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the third and final piece in a series from G. Bruce Boyer, to whom we are grateful for allowing us to share. The accompanying playlist can be found by clicking here. Please enjoy. Johnny Hartman was John Coltrane’s favorite singer, and the smoothest cat with the warmest voice there ever was. …