American Ivy

When I founded Ivy Style, my editorial plan was to cover both the Ivy League Look as well as prepdom, seeing them as inextricably intertwined. Viewing Ivy and preppy as separate from each other seemed to me just as silly as the dubious assertion that there is in fact a legitimate genre of clothing (with ...

Back in 2011 I wrote a little piece on the navy blazer for Gilt MANual, calling it the Swiss Army Knife of tailored jackets. And yes, I’ve actually worn it as a warm-up jacket to the tennis court. That’s probably a bit affected, but it was rather enjoyable, and probably for that reason. One thinks of ...

Circa 1981

Foto: Teruyoshi Hayashida. Herlige fotografier hentet fra boken "Take Ivy" som landet i postkassen min her om dagen. Bildene er tatt av den japanske fotografen Teruyoshi Hayashida som i 1965 reiste rundt til de amerikanske Ivy League-universitetene og dokumenterte stilen og livet til studentene. Da boken kom ut ble den en viktig moteinspirator i sekstitallets Tokyo, og ble raskt utsolgt fra forlaget. Nå har heldigvis powerHouse Books trykket opp en ny utgave. Du får den billig hos Capris nå...