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#1276 2015-12-20 22:27:11
#1277 2015-12-21 00:15:22
#1278 2015-12-21 09:28:24
#1279 2015-12-21 09:57:04
- stanshall2
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- From: Sopwith Camel
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Re: Tropical ivy
Get get get get get get on the dance floor!~ Zapp
#1280 2015-12-21 10:16:40
- Oliver
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Re: Tropical ivy
^ comes with matching midnight blue trousers with satin stripe.
#1281 2015-12-21 10:20:37
- Oliver
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Re: Tropical ivy
I was watching old cartoon shorts the other day and got inspired to wear a lightweight poplin sack suit with thick striped tee underneath and poplin bucket hat. Sort of a castaway-ivy-beachbum look. no socks with sandals!
#1282 2015-12-21 16:23:40
- stanshall2
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Re: Tropical ivy
That's funny ... Who were you channeling?
The other day I flipped on the tube and saw the first episode of Gilligan's Island
I was always drawn to shows like Flipper, Sea Hunt, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and of course Thunderball, which really delivers with respect to beautiful women in neoprene wetsuits
Hawaiian Eye, Hawaii Five-0, Jacques Cousteau, Creature From the Black Lagoon, all Tarzans, National Geographic's great feature on the teen captain of Dove who sailed the world solo, Dick Van Dyke as Robinson Crusoe USN, Treaure Island, A High Wind in Jamaica, Pippi, etc.
all of these were formative Tropical Ivy influences
Get get get get get get on the dance floor!~ Zapp
#1283 2015-12-21 17:53:44
#1284 2015-12-23 13:17:25
- LeeLo
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Re: Tropical ivy
If this doesn't say tropical ivy than I don't know what does...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lilly-Pullitzer-Mens-Stuff-Blazer-Vintage-Green-Blue-Salmon-Leopard-Bird-Rabbit-/141812293519?hash=item2104abdf8f:g:gM4AAOSwA4dWLoF4
#1285 2015-12-23 13:35:39
- woofboxer
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Re: Tropical ivy
'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'.
John Simons
Achievements: banned from the Ivy Style FB Group
#1286 2015-12-23 14:57:37
- colin
- Bright Light
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Re: Tropical ivy
Ultra rare because no-one in their right mind bought one!
#1287 2015-12-23 15:58:31
- Oliver
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Re: Tropical ivy
That's not true, Liberace had a closet full!
#1288 2015-12-23 16:12:30
- Worried Man
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Re: Tropical ivy
The price seems reasonable for such an incomparably hideous garment. I'm reaching for my credit card. Only thing better than making people laugh is paying tons of money to do it.
"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955
#1289 2015-12-23 23:35:22
- Chief Brody
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Re: Tropical ivy
In Leelo's defence he is from Florida, the heartland of that look. So he's a little blind to it. 
#1290 2015-12-24 07:52:53
#1291 2015-12-27 16:23:06
#1292 2015-12-27 18:28:38
- Oliver
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Re: Tropical ivy
That's more gay Palm Springs than Boca. Everyone in Miami dresses like Morty Seinfeld.
#1293 2015-12-27 20:21:41
- LeeLo
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Re: Tropical ivy
It's probably not so much Boca as you suggest, but I can assure you that you're more likely to see more Pitbulls ("Mr. 305") than Morties. I grew up down there in the early 00's and a typical outfit for a night out consisted of a deep v-neck t-shirt and some skin-tight jeans and some obnoxious Armani sunglasses to boot. It strays pretty far from some of the lovely pics displayed earlier in the thread.
#1294 2015-12-27 20:23:36
- LeeLo
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Re: Tropical ivy
Doesn't Morty Seinfeld live in a complex called Del Boca Vista?
#1295 2015-12-27 20:32:17
- Oliver
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Re: Tropical ivy
I think so. I couldn't tell you what the kids are wearing, I hang out with old Miami jews who eat pickled herring, shop at target and wear white oversized velcro sneakers.
#1296 2016-01-05 17:19:24
#1297 2016-01-15 23:53:08
- Oliver
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Re: Tropical ivy
There's some tropical gold in here: https://sites.google.com/site/thestoryofbritishamerican/staff-magazines-and-annual-reports/tropical-light-spring-1957
Be sure to scroll through the chapter index on the left, there's some great photo content!
Particularly cool stuff found here: https://sites.google.com/site/thestoryofbritishamerican/chapter-2-stories/chapter-1-the-history-of-british-american-1920-to-1988
Check out the Caribbean Lee Club Convention in Haiti and dig that cat in what was probably a batik dinner suit with straw fedora and shades! Look at all those long cut sacky summerweight silk and polin suits!
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#1298 2016-01-16 00:01:56
- Oliver
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Re: Tropical ivy
It keeps getting better and better as I dig deeper... I stumbled on this page while researching The Hermitage Plantation Inn in Charlestown, Nevis.
#1299 2016-01-16 00:05:03
#1300 2016-01-16 00:12:09
- Oliver
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Re: Tropical ivy
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