new to me and i think it great

If it had been authentic Ivy, there would have been a whiff of rebelliousness, non-conformism, young and cool and hip and angry and sophisticated, ultra-clean and yet influenced by black intellectuals perverted by drugs and culture and all that is jazz.....there would be no faked pose, it would be as authentic as the roll on BB collar circa 1959.

Last edited by The Ace Face (2009-11-21 11:59:46)

Yes, but it is at its most powerful when allied with a nonchalance inbedded in bebop, cool jazz and hard bop.

So we're back to iGent-ism again? The only difference is that this aspect of it has a racial element?

Other kinds of iGents just go on about Gentlemen this & Gentleman that, the Trad element add an added level of what is 'correct': All those things that the term 'WASP' is short for.

Is that a fair summation?

Here's a vision that is likely to strike morbid fear in the heart of any true Trad iGent:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyqwvC5s4n8

No?

A pyramid of all those old cash-in merchants could be fun: Ralph, Bill, Tommy... Can we count bits of Perry Ellis too?

Blass was mostly for women and I think the lifestyle shtick came into play once he became a successful brand. Ralph was all over the place but went deep into English tradition, then back to American ivy-influenced with the blonde models, the fireplaces, the horses, the boats, etc.
Tommy is nothing, a licensing machine, a totally fake entity, the Monkees of 20th century clothing.

I think.

Last edited by Alex Roest (2010-01-05 09:57:34)

If ever there was a picture of an old ponce who organises junior cricket teams so he can fiddle with small boys. That opening photo is surely it...