Away with inhibitions! (1959)

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Playboy - June 1959

The Lambskin Itself, 1962

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Yale Daily News - 11/6/62

Good news for sportsmen, 1955

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The New Yorker - 11/12/55

Tailored without Gremlins, 1948

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Yale Daily News - 2/27/48

Clothes Revolution, 1968

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"At schools like Princeton, Amherst, Harvard, Yale and Virginia, where gray flannel slacks and expensive tweed coats were once the uniform of the day, contemporary male garb revolves around a pair of blue jeans or wash pants, a short-sleeved shirt, scuffed loafers, and a coat with fraying elbow patches.

Fathers who once were outfitted by J. Press, Brooks Brothers, Saks Fifth Avenue and Fenn & Feinstein are puzzled when their sons patronize local Army-Navy surplus stores or university co-ops."

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Parade Magazine - 11/24/68

JFK and Fenn-Feinstein, 1961

JFK and Ribicoff, 1960*

"Officials at Frank Brothers Fenn-Feinstein aren't talking but from our Washington sources we hear the New Haven clothing firm is now making all of President John Kennedy's suits after he dumped his previous tailor for cashing in on the publicity. We understand the president chose the New Haven establishment after admiring the attire of Health, Education & Welfare Sec. Abraham Ribicoff who has been a Fenn-Feinstein customer for years. The president's brother-in-law, Sargent Shriver, is also an F-F steady..."

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Sunday Herald (Bridgeport, Connecticut), Stamford edition, "Night and Day in New Haven" column - 5/7/61

*Obviously before JFK wore Fenn-Feinstein (if he ever did, that is; I've never seen any other reference to JFK having suits made by Fenn-Feinstein).

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Americans in Bermuda, 1953

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Google's LIFE magazine image archive.

See also LIFE magazine, 8/3/53 edition, p. 61, article titled "Men Try Shorts for Town."

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