My favorite Rodney Dangerfield joke has nothing to do with the rules about madras and white bucks and Labor Day, which the rest of this article will be full of. Here’s the joke. “I asked my wife, Honey, how come you never make any noise when you have an orgasm? And she says, how would …
I have received a lot of inquiries about the J Press catalog I reviewed and when to expect it in the mail. It went out at the end of last week. But please make sure you are signed up by going here: The J Press Website where a pop up happens and you can sign …
I have always been a fan of Chukka boots. The desert boot’s close cousin, Chukka boots are essentially a beefed-up version of their relative. While the basic outline remains the same, Chukkas have a slightly more streamlined silhouette and are made of sturdier leathers and more durable rubber soles. All around, the Chukka is …
On the Ivy Style Facebook group, we started a playlist of songs that were Ivy for one reason or another. Click here for the playlist as currently constituted. The reasons varied. The artist dressed Ivy. It was jazz. The artist attended an Ivy school. It reminds one of an experience one had at an Ivy …
J. Press is Ivy’s North Star, and the catalog, which you can see if you click here, strikes the perfect balance between letting us know North is still North and inviting a new audience. We’ll take a quick tour here, but really, go look for yourself. J. Press has not only stayed true to its …
Ted Danson stood on the shoulders of giants, too. Before Sam, there was only one celebrity bartender, and his name was Jerry Thomas. If you want to understand the structural roots of the Old Fashioned, you start with this guy: I have had chapters in my life where I was a bon vivant, but they …
The lead picture is boat shoes not on a boat. Here’s Aristotle: Aristotle knew how to frame thinking. He wrote a book. Rhetoric. In Rhetoric he talked about the Rule of Three. That people remember things most easily in three’s. I have heard, but cannot verify, that that is why area codes and the …
Editor’s Note: Just spoke to Tucker at Andover – this is a great opportunity to work in the field with one of the greats. The information you need is below. – JB The Cambridge and Andover locations of The Andover Shop are looking for seasoned full and part-time sales associates. This is a unique opportunity to …
My ritual is this. Every morning for the past seven years, I get up at 3:15 to 3:30. People find this hard to believe, so over the years I have challenged people to send me a random email at that hour, see if I respond. Then I realized what a tool move that was, and …
Is a home run. Why a home run? He rolled the cuffs, and no socks. Kidding. Kinda. Michael Bastian and Brooks Brothers gave the first look yesterday, less of a collection and more of a message, and it is a brilliant one. And I was the first one out of the gate screeching that tee …
Editor’s Note: Why Ivy Guys? is a title I guess I am stealing from Zoe, to be a monthly column about the perception of Ivy guys. We will also do a Why Ivy Ladies except I need someone to write it and give me a title I can steal. This’ll be monthly too. The columns. …
Just take a look. There are new entries into the OCBD market (I reviewed one). A lot of them. Fashion predictions are like – well you know the saying about everyone having one. But we can still identify a trend when we see one. Once a quarter we will do an organized, reader-driven review of …
I haven’t worn aftershave in 30 years. I have had a beard my whole adult life (and part of my childhood, if you count 10th grade as childhood). The first time in 30 years I wear aftershave, and I had it strapped to my face. I live in Westchester, NY, and was heading into town …
The good news is that there was so much traffic. The bad news is that the host wasn’t ready for that many surprise dinner guests. The good news is we are now. Apologies for being down the last few days – there are so many things happening here and none of them could start without …
The American-made oxford cloth button-down shirt (or the original polo shirt), has been put into peril. Another blow to American-made American style. But as the old saying goes, “every ending is a new beginning.” Enter Junior’s, the Philadelphia-based, American-made, and Ivy league style-centric company founded by Glenn Au in 2020. Cutting his teeth at the famous O’Connell’s Clothing …
I didn’t know that the Golden Retriever breed is only 150 years old. The 13th Amendment is 150 years old, so are speed limits and The Secret Service. Golden Retrievers owe themselves to Lord Tweedmouth. Of course they do. 1864. Lord Tweedmouth was an interesting guy. He came from money, and when that money trickled …
Editor’s note: I blame myself. We use the Latin version on FB, and when we introduced it we met with A TON of discussion – which wound up (I love it when social media actually does good) in the hands of two (2) (more than one believe it or not) actual (real) Latin scholars, and …
Once a week or so we will profile a member of the Facebook Group to see how Ivy Style translates to Real Life. They take place over text or Messenger. Laura Arnold is relatively new to the group, she has been there for about a year, but has received a tremendous response because (1) she …