Norman Hilton, 1959

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The New Yorker - 3/28/59

Away with inhibitions! (1959)

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Playboy - June 1959

Boat neck pullover, 1959

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Cornell Daily Sun - 12/1/59

Corduroy Combo, 1959

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Playboy - September 1959

Jet blacks in the Ivy League Tradition, 1959

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The Daily Princetonian - 6/20/59

Authentic Ivy, 1959

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Shoulders - All the current favorites follow natural lines, but the American Natural is slightly more built up, the Ambassador is sort of concave in appearance, the Continental is somewhat squared off, and the Ivy has a completely natural shoulder line.

Lapels - All models today have narrow lapels and the differences can generally be measured within an inch or less. However, the Natural and the Ivy have moderate notch lapels, the Ambassador a small notch lapel, the Continental either peaked or semi-peaked lapels.

Coat - ...the Ivy has a wider button placement and very natural lines.

Pockets - ...the Ivy, flap pockets.

Trousers - ...the Ivy a low rise and pleatless front.



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The Spokesman-Review - 9/13/59

RCA Victor, 1959

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LIFE Magazine - 5/25/59

The J. Press Shirt, 1959

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Yale Daily News - 9/29/59

Troy Donahue, 1959

From "A Summer Place", Warner Bros., 1959

Post Toasties, 1959

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LIFE magazine - 8/24/59 via JonWilliamson.com

[Author comment: Nice red (oxford or chambray?) button-down and P-3 frames.]

A gal needs three men, 1959

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Saturday Evening Post - 4/4/59, via JonWilliamson.com

Author comment: Kuppenheimer was not a particularly "Ivy" brand, but they obviously followed the trend that year. And I like the copy. I'm considering a blog devoted entirely to blatanly misogynistic (or maybe just sexist) advertising of the 50's and 60's. This and the cigar post would be a good start.

Details Identify Suit Styles, 1959

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"Nearly all the suits designed for campus wear are of the natural shoulder (ivy) style with a minimum of shoulder padding and a trim cut throughout."

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The Milwaukee Journal - 8/23/59

Clipper Craft, 1959

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SI - 5/11/59

Thankful, 1959

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My best to all of you this Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for your continued interest, support, and feedback.

Weekend at Harvard, 1959

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SI - 11/9/59 (50 years ago today)

Posted previously by Tony Ventresca on FNB Talk Ivy

Hathaway Batiste Oxford, 1959

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"This popular Hathaway button-down looks like oxford cloth, has half the bulk, but is in no sense thin or commonplace."

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The Milwaukee Sentinal - 5/4/59

With thanks to Old School.

Private Eye in Ivy Style, 1959

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"He likes Ivy League clothes, sophisticated women and cool modern jazz."

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LIFE magazine - 5/11/59

What To Do About Sloppy Dress?

"If disorderly attire is a genuine symbol of personal independence, then the college generation should stick by their symbol at least a few decorous weeks after the ink is dry on their baccalaureate degrees. If it is not that, then dishevelment is what it is: a blend of affectation and laziness."

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National Review - 1/17/59

Elegy for the Gray Flannel Suit, 1959

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"Thinking men along Madison Avenue are now conforming against their old uniform with more sincerely patterned suits"

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The New York Times - 9/27/59

Wool, Around the Clock, 1959

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SI - 8/17/59