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.

September 27, 2010

New corduroy selections, 1966

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Source:

Yale Daily News - 9/22/66

September 24, 2010

RCA Victor, 1959

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Source:

LIFE Magazine - 5/25/59

September 20, 2010

A Princeton Man, 1939

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A Princeton Man, yes. You could hardly miss him. Tweeds and a good pipe and that sort of thing. He's handsome in an orthodox manner-- looks a bit like a collegiate clothes-model in Esquire. Fresh, the lady novelists would call him. He likes week-ends and New York, gets sentimental over the Tiger and a glass of beer.

Source:

"You Can't Tell a Harvard Man"  Harvard Crimson - 9/26/39

Image Source:

(Esquire, September 1938) Permanent Style: Big-scale tweeds and the right cap

September 16, 2010

The Ivy Look: Classic American Clothing - An Illustrated Pocket Guide


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September 13, 2010

September 9, 2010

Tailored without Gremlins, 1948

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Source:

Yale Daily News - 2/27/48

September 4, 2010