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#1 2010-06-28 07:20:52
- Rip Rig & Panic
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'Severe Ivy'
This is a phrase that intrigues me but puzzles me into the bargain. I assume it's to do with the silhouette, the degree of conservatism: button-down buttoned, wingtips striking the tarmac with authority. In that well-known picture of Ivy Shop regulars on Majorca in '69, they look pretty 'severe'. But are they, or are they just striking a pose? I have my hair cut pretty severely nowadays. Is 'severe' also 'square'? That 'astronaut' look? And doesn't this go against the grain of softening and crumpling, or the rumpled Cheever or Woody look? Woody looked fabulously 'square Ivy' during his nightclub period - though not 'severe'. I've often thought Mel Brooks looked a touch 'severe'.
Or was it a 'London Boy' look?
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#2 2010-06-28 07:27:27
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Re: 'Severe Ivy'
'Esquire' often seems 'playfully strict' to me. The editor would not have approved of a McGregor Drizzler in the club house or a tennis shirt without the wearer having racquet in hand. Amusing when he stated that the wearer of sports clothes in the urban environment should remain indoors. Pop down to the drug store for a quart of strawberry ice-cream, you need your hat and coat. Cassavetes wasn't only fucking over Mia Farrow, he was cocking a snook at the rulebook...
#3 2010-06-28 13:45:05
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Re: 'Severe Ivy'
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#6 2010-06-28 14:49:17
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Re: 'Severe Ivy'
Where is this essay?
You need a severe jawline to do severe Ivy. Us pudgy disheveled Micks can't compete in severe.
Otter : Take it easy, I'm pre-law.
Boon : I thought you were pre-med.
Otter : What's the difference?
#11 2010-06-29 08:27:56
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Re: 'Severe Ivy'
Otter : Take it easy, I'm pre-law.
Boon : I thought you were pre-med.
Otter : What's the difference?
#12 2010-06-29 08:31:58
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Re: 'Severe Ivy'
Otter : Take it easy, I'm pre-law.
Boon : I thought you were pre-med.
Otter : What's the difference?
#14 2010-06-29 09:17:24
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Re: 'Severe Ivy'
Otter : Take it easy, I'm pre-law.
Boon : I thought you were pre-med.
Otter : What's the difference?
#16 2010-06-29 13:04:24
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: 'Severe Ivy'
Love Patrick's look.
Another fun thread might be about 'Being Built For Ivy'!
Because I'm not.
I wear it & wouldn't wear anything else, but American sizing for an English runt like me has always left me behind.
The Autumn is my friend when I can layer up & fill my clothes!
#17 2010-06-29 13:22:51
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Re: 'Severe Ivy'
"Negative stuff always backfires on the troll." — Russell Street
"No insight comes from smearing and sneering." — Big Tony
"Find something useful to do." — Nicholas J. Storey
#19 2010-06-29 17:11:33
- Quay
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Re: 'Severe Ivy'
"It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive."
- Mark Twain
#21 2010-06-30 08:23:27
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Re: 'Severe Ivy'
Otter : Take it easy, I'm pre-law.
Boon : I thought you were pre-med.
Otter : What's the difference?
