I like my clothes to have rust, typically.

I honestly think a young guy doesn't want to look old before his time, it's about dressing in a way that suits you, I dress matte, but try to use colour so I don't look drab. I know then people would go, oh that is preppy but to me it is just my palette.

I'm not a shiny person, but I don't think the rule extends itself past me.

The guys that looked best in Ivy IMO are covered in HWATIL, because you get an attention to style, and colour of what otherwise could be very drab and conservative clothes. THis is the thing with Ivy in my view, it was best when worn by the creatives.

Last edited by Oo Bop Sh'bam (2012-04-24 11:24:06)

Goodyear welt wrote:

I don't mind preppy stuff on younger people. Looks alright to me. I like shiney shoes as well, and English loafers and cashmere. Infact I like well made, tip top cloth garments as I rule. I'm not scared to say so. Lux garments aren't dirty things to me. I think it can still be an Ivy look. Its not all about buying things off e-bay, or tatt just cause its got the right label in the collar.

What do you mean "selling the notion of integrity back when it was still based on something" Jim?

Lots of companies making wonderful clothes with integrity, you can work them into a soft look. Or is it just about being stuck in a time warp?

Sorry - I'd just exhausted my morphine script and was a bit tetchy. All better now.

No time warps and no faux intergrity, please. If you're a brand new brand be one. I can't stand the phony 'Hertitage game'. Those were the guys I was thinking of.

And certainly no blind label loyalty - I dumped Brooks & then Press as each failed to please.

I'm never going to accept tacky Preppy I don't think. I'd rather see some young blood in Ivy. Preppy will always be something new to me.

'Luxe' is a tricky one for me too... We'd shop down Russell Street & then go and laugh at the prices & the styling in RL on Bond Street on the way back to my place after a coffee & one of those open Danish sandwiches from the Danish Centre in that basement on Regent Street.  We'd have far cheaper, far superior Sero Purists in our plain Brown J. Simons carrier bags and have a right good laugh at the poncey stuff by Ralph.

But that was just us.

Reminds me of my mate who used to laugh at the prices for those poncey open Danish sandwiches in that Danish Centre basement place on Regent st on his way to Gregs for 2 steak n kidney pasties and can of coke in his lunch break.

That was just him though. You know what fat bricklayers are like.

Last edited by Goodyear welt (2012-04-25 13:15:06)

Yuca wrote:

Mr. James wrote:

Funny stuff...

Ivy, especially later via Preppy, got picked up on by so many newbies who bought into the marketing so deeply...

- If cotton is good, silk must be better ?  Richer, yes ?  More Upper Class, yes ?

... And not just that - If Oxford Cloth is kinda heavy then a REALLY heavy Oxford Cloth must be even better, yes ?

... And if the shirts are kinda baggy then REALLY baggy must be even better, yes ?

Someone made a shirt baggier than a Brooks?

First the original BD Baggies & then the original Mercer product in my experience.  Exaggerations, pastiches...

I'm feeling crude again as the weather changes...

I can fel the hairs on my tweed standing up !

Herringbone
Old Oxford Cloth
Ancient Madder
Matte Flannel
Loafers with a deep glow, not a shine.

... ... ... ...


J.

Old Paisley John Comfort wool ties.

J.

Any cop ?

J.