August 31, 2025

R.I.P., Robert Prenner

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Robert Prenner, lawyer who found his passion producing classically styled apparel and eyewear, as The Ben Silver Collection, dies at 83. He ...
July 3, 2025

Remembering the Japanese Gentleman: The Rise, Fall and Revival of Ivy Style Fashion

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  Excellent summary of Japanese Ivy: Remembering the Japanese Gentleman: The Rise, Fall and Revival of Ivy Style Fashion
August 17, 2019

Brooks Brothers Madras 2019

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This is an unsolicited, very short review of this (late) season's madras short sleeve sport shirts from Brooks Brothers. They'r...
May 14, 2016

Very Important in a Martini, 1955

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...with all the distinguishing tailoring features including welt seams, stitched edges, hooked vent and plain front trousers. Source: C...
April 12, 2016

No shelf shoulders, 1941

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Source: The Daily Princetonian - 10/13/1941
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April 10, 2016

White and Dirty Bucks, 1939

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Source: The New Yorker - 6/3/39
March 7, 2015

Arrow Cum Laude, 1964

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January 30, 2015

The Shoulder Fits More Naturally, 1951

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Source: Yale Daily News - 11/20/51 Main Floor, New York flagship:     (click to enlarge) Second Floor:   (cl...
January 18, 2015

Ghost Story, 1988

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(click to enlarge)         (click to enlarge) All the world may be a stage, but it's still rare that I see a ...
January 13, 2015

"Belong" on Any Campus, 1965

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(click to enlarge) Source: The Bowdoin Orient - 10/1/65 (click to enlarge) A.H. Benoit Co. clothing store, 1966 1968. Benoit...
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August 7, 2014

Tangier, Morocco, 1963

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Source: GQ, October 1963
August 2, 2014

The Soft Bloom of Scottish Wools, Norman Hilton

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May 7, 2014

Dickie, 1964

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(click to enlarge) Source: Yale Daily News - 5/8/64
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March 14, 2014

No other slacks, 1953

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(click to enlarge) Source: The New Yorker - 3/21/53
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March 10, 2014

Navy Grey, 1944

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(click to enlarge) Source: The New Yorker - 3/11/44
February 28, 2014

Looks pink, doesn't it? (1964)

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(click to enlarge) Source: Yale Daily News - 3/10/64
February 8, 2014

Brooksweave, 1953

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(click to enlarge) Source: The New Yorker - 3/7/53
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November 22, 2013

Tech Ivy, 1967

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(click to enlarge) Source: The Georgia Tech Blueprint, 1967 (courtesy of Worried Man )
October 30, 2013

Shop Talk, 1975

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(click to enlarge) (click to enlarge) Shop Talk At the Brooks Brothers' Madison Avenue address we found no garish signs in the...
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October 2, 2013

Unnecessarily Handsome, 1965

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(click to enlarge) Source: The New Yorker - 10/2/65
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September 16, 2013

BMOC, 1961

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(click to enlarge) Source: The Daily Princetonian - 9/15/61
August 17, 2013

The casual picture, 1965

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(click to enlarge) Source: The New Yorker - 8/14/65
August 12, 2013

"Clothes Cum Laude", 1957

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(click to enlarge) Source: Cornell Daily Sun - August 1957
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August 5, 2013

Odd Quad Whipcord, 1961

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(click to enlarge)   As always, the trousers are tailored with classic simplicity, tastefully trim -- with regular pockets, pleatless fr...
August 1, 2013

Norman Hilton, 1959

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(click to enlarge) Source: The New Yorker - 3/28/59