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.

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June 5, 2013

Let there be WHITE! (1940)

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The Daily Princetonian - 6/5/1940
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October 29, 2012

The "London look", 1967

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The New Yorker - 10/21/67
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June 3, 2012

Away with inhibitions! (1959)

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Playboy - June 1959
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January 15, 2012

The Two-Button Suit, 1962

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The Ivy League Look is now petering out and the two button suit is back in a burst of presidential glory. [. . . ] Brooks Brothers, the famous stamping ground of the Ivy League look, saw the two button suit revival coming from a long way back. Brooks has been perfecting its new two button collection for two years. President Kennedy's sponsorship of the new style is purely coincidental.

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Capital Times - 2/23/62
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October 16, 2011

The Lambskin Itself, 1962

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Yale Daily News - 11/6/62
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