Welcome to The Ivy League Look

This blog presents a historical view through articles, photographs, reminiscences, and advertisements, of an American style of men's fashion of the mid-20th century known as "The Ivy League Look" or "The Ivy Look."

This blog will not present modern-day iterations of this "look"; it will be shown in its original context as an American style worn during this specific era. Author commentary will be kept to a minimum.

This is not a commercial site and links to commercial sites will not be posted.

April 28, 2010

"Ivy League" Flannels, 1951

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Source:

Cornell Daily Sun - 9/28/51

[Author comment: This is another advert. from 1951 using "Ivy League" in reference to a coat's construction. See also the Horne's advert.]

April 25, 2010

Sero Purist, 1979

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Our Sero Purist Button Down: There's No Other Shirt Like It

Why? It's the way Sero is able to give its Purist button down collar a full bell shaped roll; a nicety Sero "invented" in the early '50's. And nobody has yet been able to copy.


Source:

The Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News - 6/13/79

April 24, 2010

The Poll Winners, 1957-58

1957

1958

Shelly Manne

Barney Kessel

Ray Brown



Editor's note: The cheesy album covers belie the truly good jazz on the vinyl.

April 22, 2010

Allen Solly at Brooks Brothers, 1963

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Source:

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 5/22/63

Also see the Chipp 2 blog by Paul Winston for more information on these shirts.

April 19, 2010

Andover, 1962

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John "Jackie" Morrison, 16, at Andover in 1962. Graduated from Yale in 1967. An esteemed hockey player (All-Ivy, All-American).

Source:

LIFE magazine - 1/19/62

April 15, 2010

Coca-Cola, Bermuda, 1958

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Source:

LIFE magazine - 3/24/58

April 12, 2010

Blue Note 4003, 1958



Seminal hard bop.

Art, 1960 -



Photos by Francis Wolff: Art Blakey at Lee Morgan's Leeway sessions, 04/28/60 via Acoustic Sounds and Mosaic Images.

April 10, 2010

Robert Novak, 1958


"In this 15 August 1958 photo, Associated Press staff reporter Robert Novak is shown at work as he talks on the telephone in the Senate Press Gallery on Capitol Hill in Washington. D.C."

Source:

flickr

April 6, 2010

Ivy and Oddities, 1962

Princeton's Ivy Club

Newest red fashions

...more red

...and knickers

Source:

LIFE magazine - 9/21/62

April 1, 2010