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.
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.
Showing posts with label 1939. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1939. Show all posts
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November 5, 2011
"I Don't Want a Double-Breasted DRAPE!", 1939
It is cut on the same straight hanging body lines, "softly" tailored, with natural shoulders, and center vent. The trousers are not pleated and taper but little.
Source:
The Daily Princetonian - 11/8/39
September 19, 2011
February 22, 2011
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
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