John Cassavetes in Rosemary's Baby is an image I keep in mind when getting dressed--I think he's perfect in this movie, particularly in the first scene: chambray jacket, white BD, knit tie, khaki chinos, and bucks or desert boots, can't tell.  I steal this outfit all the time in summer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYhkReZw2BE

A lot of the Rock Hudson movies have great  Ivy wardrobes. That one where he "pays it forward" favor for favor is a rotten movie but a great clothes source. A lot of the clothes in his movies are normally fitted Thom Browne  items with the mismatched greys as for pants and jacket.

"The Long Hot Summer" also had a pretty good ivy wardrobe, if i remember right.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051878/

"Summer of 42"

That's a very entertaining movie with an interesting history.  Reagan forever after disowned it, having regretted playing a distasteful villain.  It was his last role, and the only time he ever played the heavy onscreen.  It went against his nature.

Hard Bop Hank wrote:

I wanted to do an own thread on "Ivy Icons" starting with movie stars Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Warren Beatty, Cary Grant et al......... One of my faves is also LEE "GOD" MARVIN! Maybe he isn't always Ivy or Trad, but he is genuine American COOL... think of Point Blank or for starters:

From "The Killers" by Don Siegel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi6xGUztK8Q


Notice also the amazingly beautiful Angie Dickinson and a later US Pres...It is also based on a short short story by Hemingway...

Mr. Marvin in 'M Squad' had a great All American look - So much so that older friends of mine in London still call really heavy US style Longwings "Ballinger Brogues".

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1380490496/tt0050035

Brownshoe wrote:

Some nice Ivy-esque looks from Michael Caine, one of my very favorite 60s cinema icons

http://www.autographs.co.uk/images/F-545.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/ima … 50x180.jpg

http://cinemaretro.com/uploads/quiller.jpg

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/image … osters.jpg

http://www.poster.net/caine-michael/cai … 206210.jpg

http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/3364478. … 4F32AD3138

http://content.answers.com/main/content … s_File.jpg

Isn't he your Dad?

JOA wrote:

Okay, I'm not going to pretend that this is an Ivy or Trad or whatever film list. It is, however, a list of film that a) I enjoy and b) I find somewhat inspirational in terms of style of dress. I'm excluding films that have already been mentioned in this thread. I happen to think these fit my aesthetic (in general) and the kinds of things we like to talk about. That being said, the list...

Quiz Show
Animal House
Igby Goes Down
Love Story
Sweet Bird of Youth
Diner
Ordinary People
The Birds
World According to Garp
A Summer Place
All That Heaven Allows
Dead Poets Society
The Young Philadelphians
3 Days of the Condor
Sweet Smell of Success
The Apartment
Barcelona
Metropolitan
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Bullitt
Charade
Peter Gunn TV Series

Discuss...

Really great list - Ivy? Trad? Just focus on Classic Traditional American style and look at the wealth of inspiration you can draw on.

Always good to find a fellow SBOY fan - The first film where the clothes really stood out for me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsSmsNJxd0A

... Yet more pics from the Brownshoe family album I see! 

Lovely stuff - Thanks.

Watched this last night :

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049474/

'My Three Sons'

Shoe choices defined in the opening credits :-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-PbwJ0V … re=related

Guarantee of a half sleeve Madras in every episode. Easy to spot even on 405 lines in black and white.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxYHLoEX … re=related

Was watching Dirty Harry last night. I thought a few of Mr Eastwoods outfits looked quite smart.

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