Thanks.

Out of interest, do you know the origin/who the band are?

^ yeah, great eh.

Does it say where they are?  Are any of the other photos interesting (in I presume a non-ivy way)?

A great thread.  I must have been asleep when this all transpired.

He added a new post to "bump" or refresh the thread so it's back up at the top on the main page.  And all for you!!

I'm catching on to this interweb thing.

Last edited by Worried Man (2013-10-11 13:01:21)

Thanks, Armchaired- if I understand correctly, this is an extra special bump as this is a contentious little thread to bump! 

I'd been alone for a long time finding all these patterned Ivy boom shirts without any idea of a group such as this.  Strange to see a huge thread pulling them all, linked sleeve to patterned sleeve, out into the sunshine!  Seems obvious to me they are surely a topic to validly discuss here; otherwise, just call the forum "Brooks Brothers" and trade their old catalogues for fun. If a site devoted to something as rarified as vintage Ivy league clothing is going to start parsing so microscopically that clothing from the *actual* period with labels like "Campus" and "Cum Laude" aren't accepted, we're in a bit of trouble, no?  Probably, some people won't want the 80's preppy period discussed, either (though whether it has even LESS relevance than the actual 60's foulards and paisleys is up for question...)  Then we can start to question whether the lining of Chipp jackets is part of the old guard tradition or an aberration unworthy of mention. 

It is sometimes wise to remember that this stuff- these clothes, these manufacturers, these wealthy traditionalists, these aspirational imitators, etc, all lived concurrent to one another. They copied each other, they one upped one another, they saw what sold and did more of it, etc, etc. It only broadens the conversation to allow for and - in my opinion- celebrate the entirety of it all.  Umm, they're called "threads", dig?  We should know better than most what threads do- comprise the fabric of the whole.

I have a really nice button down in a very small paisley print that I wear a lot. My other half is less than enthusiastic about it.

Last edited by Senorservo2.0 (2013-10-11 20:08:21)

I seen that recently.  Go get er Liam.