But the university stripe comes in all sorts of stripe: pink, grey, brown, charcoal, red as well as pale blue.  Green allegedly exists, but I've yet to see it.

Nice! Oh yes.

Hepcat, I am in total agreement with your approach to the Ivy wardrobe. Unfortunately, out of all the items of clothing, shirts and coats are my addiction. It seems to me that shirts and coats give me the widest range of options for a kit. I don't wear suits that often. A culling of the wardrobe may be necessary.

I apologize for posting the pics as though I am dangling porn for you to salivate upon. You'd probably want to throttle me as my rare Brooks stuff doesn't often see the light of day and may end up in the Smithsonian.

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This seems to me to be moving away from something.  I must be getting old, but I'm looking with greater disfavour at anything dress-wise that is not pale blue or white.  This is not to say, of course, that I don't own shirts in earth colours etc. only that it's becoming a developing tendency.  The first Brooks shirts I had were the blue u.s. and I've since had Baggie: not at all bad, in spite of the maddening variations quality-wise.  Picked up a Purist last week for pennies in a 'retro'-type shop. 
I think it's the not-quite-absolute-but-almost conservatism that appeals; the restraint in the face of brash, dingy, synthetic-looking male 'fashion': England shirts and clam-diggers.

I have now seen an example of the green/white.  But in poly/cotton.  Shame.

Ralph Lauren had a signature turquoise shade in the early 90's.  Apricot, or any orange hue never seemed to work.

There is a certain delight when one closes in enough for the stripes to visually distinguish themselves from what appeared to be a solid from afar.

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