The fact that my hairline's too receding for an authentic Ivy cut.

due to my beer drenking habits my gut is too big for that slender ivy look. must do something about it.

there are some ivy items i wouldn't wear due to the fact that they would look rather odd on me. seersucker jackets / suits, popover, madras jackets, white bucks.

i quite don't like patch madras anywhere.

as for the spoiled brat of ivy, there are some preppy items i absolutely detest. GTH trousers, multi-colour deck shoes, pastel colour polo shirts (pastel yellow excluded though).

Duffle coats.

I wear my patch madras jacket as a novelty item but I'd trade it in a heartbeat for a quieter madras jacket. Other patch madras (shorts, shirt) I don't mind. I've never seen patch madras trousers and I don't think I ever want to.

I don't, however, like saddle shoes. They're not really commonplace Ivy like bucks are, maybe more in line with the "Gatsby" style. But that's the closest thing to something I hate clothing-wise about the style.

I don't like the sociological history of Ivy League style. The irony that elements of the style are a result of lazy college students taking poor care of the clothes they were expected to wear (especially the older end of the Ivy era, when jackets and ties were worn to class). These kids are wearing sport coats and suits like they'd much rather be in a tee shirt. I love casual Ivy style but I feel like we're behaving contrary to how Golden Age Ivyists behaved because we're wearing the same clothes but in the context of today's world, we're dressing up rather than down.

Does that make sense? I'm really tired.

Damn, got to get rid of my BB poly shirt AND my duffle...

My, you ARE sensitive.

You have to be firm.

Patch madras anything- blerk!  And I really don't like the look of 3 to 2 roll coats, either go 3 button or 2 for me.