3/16/12
Many new pieces listed in The Ivy League Shop, including:
Sero "The Purist" Durable Press Light Blue OCBD -- Size: 14.5
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95347139/vi … st-durable
Brown & White Uni Stripe Button-Down from Princeton's The Country Squire -- Size: 16.5
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95261825/vi … university
Deadstock Slim-Fit Oxford Cloth Shirt w/Collar Pin Eyelets -- Size: 15.5
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95344706/vi … fit-oxford
Viyella Tattersall Button-Down -- Size: 15
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95346113/vi … sall-lands
Brooks Brothers Makers Yellow OCBD -- Size: 15.5
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95326199/vi … ers-makers
Brooks Brothers Golden Fleece Wool Hopsack 3/2 Sack Cut Blazer w/Patch Pockets -- 43 R
http://www.etsy.com/listing/93761392/vi … ers-makers
Harvard Crimson Shop Poplin 3/2 Sack Jacket -- 38
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95217471/vi … on-shop-32
....lots more new vintage pieces to come...
Thank you for looking!
Thanks for the Shetland I bought this morning and assistance with my enquiry re. an important issue.
Last edited by Yuca (2012-03-17 13:09:43)
I really like the way the stuff is dressed at TILS, still waiting for something I like to come along in my size. Great shop though!
Thanks for your kind words about my etsy store, The Ivy League Shop!
20+ new vintage button-down shirts, sport jackets, and other pieces listed today, including:
1950’s Brooks Brothers University Shop Cotton Sack Jacket
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95639883/vi … university
Vintage Nautical Striped Clipper Craft Sack Jacket
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95553055/vi … v1_other_1
Vintage Durable Press Gant “the Hugger” Button-Down Shirt
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95638007/vi … er-durable
Vintage Yellow Plaid “Brooksflannel” Button-Down Shirt
http://www.etsy.com/listing/92855876/vi … s-brothers
Vintage Tan Corduroy Hacking Jacket
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95550771/vi … oy-hacking
Several new vintage cotton and wool sweaters from Brooks Brothers, Robert Bruce, etc.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheIvyLeagueSh … d=10834560
Will be listing lots of Madras next… Thank you for taking a look!
I really wish that Mr Cool Clipper Craft was a size 37!!
Soon to be a sticky folks.
I really like how the clothes are presented... VERY nice! I know now how I can combine my beloved velvet blazers in an Ivy League context - something I didn't really think of until now... ![]()
Unfortunately most of the stuff isn't my size except the Viyella Tattersall - uh, nice. But I don't want to buy AGAIN shirts - at least at the moment ![]()
A dozen new pieces listed today. Here are a few highlights:
Vintage Tartan 3/2 Sack Jacket E. Maxim & Son for Trimingham's of Bermuda -- SIZE: 38
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95892998/vi … an-32-sack
Vintage Lovat Blue Wool Twill 3/2 Sack -- SIZE: 37/38
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95892171/vi … l-twill-32
Two 1950's/1960's lightweight striped GTH 3/2 Sacks -- SIZE: 37/38 & 42/43
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95888014/vi … ton-gth-32
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95889444/vi … v1_other_1
Vintage Deansgate for Williams College Co-op Grey Herringbone Tweed 3/2 Sack -- SIZE: 44/45 Long
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95886227/vi … tweed-wool
Vintage Campus Wool Plaid 2-Button Sack -- SIZE: 44
http://www.etsy.com/listing/95884683/vi … ack-jacket
Thank you!
Hello! A bunch of new stuff listed in the Ivy League Shop, including:
Vintage Khaki Colored Hopsack Canvas Penny Loafers
http://www.etsy.com/listing/96696990/vi … nvas-penny
Vintage Chestnut Pebble Grain Leather Gunboats
http://www.etsy.com/listing/96691080/vi … tnut-brown
Deadstock Red Hopsack Brooks Bros. "346" 3/2 Sack Blazer
http://www.etsy.com/listing/96401375/vi … s-brothers
Vintage LL Bean Seersucker Half-Sleeve Button-Down
http://www.etsy.com/listing/96581391/vi … te-striped
Vintage Lands End Nantucket Red Oxford Cloth Button-Down
http://www.etsy.com/listing/96579556/vi … d-trim-fit
Vintage Andover Shop Blue Chambray Button-Down
http://www.etsy.com/listing/96574343/vi … e-chambray
Vintage Arrow Aqua Chambray Button-Down
http://www.etsy.com/listing/96572479/vi … utton-down
Vintage Tan Lodenfrey Double-Breasted Wool Coat
http://www.etsy.com/listing/96398962/vi … ool-double
Thanks for looking.
Hi there,
I've just listed lots of new pieces in my shop, including...
...a few Gitman Bros. madras button-downs...
http://www.etsy.com/listing/99234875/vi … -handwoven
http://www.etsy.com/listing/99234308/vi … -handwoven
...a 1960's Arrow Cum Laude bleeding madras collarless popover...
http://www.etsy.com/listing/99230651/vi … -cum-laude
...a mid-century "Ivy League Fashioned" red and white gingham half-sleeve button-down...
http://www.etsy.com/listing/99250910/vi … -red-white
...a great Cricketeer striped wool 3/2 sack...
http://www.etsy.com/listing/99219347/vi … ed-wool-32
...and a few madras jackets.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/99222782/vi … aid-jacket
http://www.etsy.com/listing/99223216/vi … hers-green
http://www.etsy.com/listing/99223662/vi … blue-green
Thanks for taking a look!
Some wonderful stuff there, the madras jackets very, very tempting....
5/15
I've added a few items to my Etsy shop, including:
a cotton tartan 2-button jacket by Clipper Craft,
2 wash & wear Brooks Brothers suits,

a blue and white striped seersucker sack from Haspel,
a gold button-down popover from Arrow's "Cum Laude" collection,
and both a Sero "the Purist" AND a Gant "the hugger".

Thanks for looking!
I've added several items to my Etsy shop. Here are the highlights:
Late 1950's/early 1960's Chipp bleeding madras 3/2 sack jacket
http://www.etsy.com/listing/102787897/r … 1950searly
Late 1950's Palm Beach Bataya Weave wash-&-wear jacket
https://www.etsy.com/listing/101871167/ … ach-bataya
1960's Northcool wash-&wear 3/2 sack
https://www.etsy.com/listing/101406225/ … live-green
Crimson Shop madras 3/2 sack
https://www.etsy.com/listing/101424210/ … v1_other_1
Gordon of Philadelphia madras 3/2 sack
https://www.etsy.com/listing/101884720/ … a-bleeding
Troy Shirt Makers Guild Half-Sleeve Button-Down
https://www.etsy.com/listing/102789314/ … irt-makers
Several Brooks Bros. OCBD's, a Sero chambray, and a Career Club by Truval Half-Sleeve
http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheIvyLeagueSh … d=10810894
And a few pairs of shoes
http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheIvyLeagueSh … d=10830939
Thank you for looking!
Last edited by TheIvyLeagueShop (2012-06-25 06:59:41)
I venture to suggest you are pushing it a bit with the price for that Chipp jacket. And your mark-up on that item exactly is.....?
E.U.R. wrote:
I venture to suggest you are pushing it a bit with the price for that Chipp jacket. And your mark-up on that item exactly is.....?
It's a speculative price, sure. But considering she has sold several more recent Chipp Jackets for 200, 250 for a bleeding madras seems like a reasonable increase. Her margins are her business. If she bought it for 249.99 and listed it for 250 would that make the price more amenable to potential buyers?
Darcy has an excellent shop. She knows her stuff and presents it very well. Her customer service is great. I paid her 85 bucks for a Sero madras popover and the thing is my favorite madras (and I have A LOT of madras).
This jacket could be 300+ in NYC, San Francisco, LA. And how many of these jackets surface nowadays in great condition?
Ditto with Typhoid Jones $199 Brooks popover, about which he was recently chewed out on the trad forum. That thing is INCREDIBLE. Is 199 a high price, maybe. But consider that a j.crew shirt costs $80, a new Gant 125, and none of those are literally the shirt that Brooks was selling when Miles wore Brooks.
God forbid anyone would want to make a living for themselves.
E.U.R. wrote:
I venture to suggest you are pushing it a bit with the price for that Chipp jacket. And your mark-up on that item exactly is.....?
Is that what you say when you go in John Simons then?
Looks like the jacket is already on reserve for someone. Low and behold!
The two Chipp jackets are superb, the cloth looks great on the Hacking and wash and wear, good job I didn't come across them last night, as I have already spent my pocket money this month.
I continue to be amazed by the truly great things that people can turn up on any given day. I was busted on the AAAC Trad Forum about trying to sell "a used OCBD for $199." It was almost like the poster didn't even look at the item description - I doubt the popover was ever worn and I'm CERTAIN that it was never washed. I don't know people who were alive when that shirt was on the rack in Brooks Brothers that look as good, lol.
Either way, it really comes down to either knowing or not knowing what you're looking at when it is presented to you. I bought a 1950s Brooks Brothers charcoal suit in my exact size for $100 from Giuseppe of AAW at the last TSF out in Somerville. I kind of hesitated about it for a second because I know where he probably got it from and how much he probably paid for it, but then I asked myself: "What is this worth to me?" Needless to say, I now own a 1950s Brooks Brothers sack suit in my exact size with zero regrets. I would have regretted not buying it.
And thanks Zach.
Darcy rules, that's all!
I think the issue has just about been resolved. The way I look at it really is that most of these agreements are worth more than what people sell them for for the following reasons. If you go buy a brand new Brooks Brothers suit you could expect to spend $998 for an off the rack garment, if it is not on sale, and if you buy a BB sports coat they start around $398-698, if you go custom or Golden Fleece the price goes up. A new BB OCBD costs about $79. When you buy a nice vintage garment you are going to still get a lot of life out of it and sometimes you are buying the item for 1/8 in the case of some suits or jackets and sometimes less that 1/2 for shirts. So what are buyers really losing? So you are not paying the price for a new garment, but you are getting a garment of equal and sometimes better quality since construction at BB has been in decline over the last few years, and you are saving yourself a bundle of money.
I myself have experienced this, I own a gray glen plaid Golden Fleece three piece suit that I picked up for around $100. I wore it to a meeting with an executive at a large investment firm and he admired it many times throughout the conversation. So not only does it fit me well, but I know other people appreciate it and compliment me for its cut and construction. For me, that is worth $100. I consider I got it at a reasonable price for that amount.
Remember, it can take a seller quite a bit of time to source these items, process them, and find buyers for them. They take all the risk of buying a garment that may not sell.
An easy way to see if the price is too high: does it sell? Simple as.
I wish that Chipp madras had been a 39R; finding myself a 50s/60s tweed sack has been hard enough, but 50s/60s madras, in my size? It's going to take a lot of searching.
7/5/2012
Several new pieces added this morning. Here are the highlights:
**Brooks Brothers madras 3/2 sack jacket -- 41 L / 42 L.**
https://www.etsy.com/listing/103453589/ … v1_other_1
**Very unstructured late 1950's/early 1960's dark madras-style plaid 3/2 slack jacket -- 38 / 39.**
https://www.etsy.com/listing/103453886/ … 1960s-dark
**Late 1960's Haspel poplin wash & wear 3/2 sack -- 39 / 40.**
https://www.etsy.com/listing/101404281/ … -wash-wear
**Two Brooks Brothers "Brooksgate" 2-Button jackets -- 39 / 40.**
https://www.etsy.com/listing/103453534/ … brooksgate
https://www.etsy.com/listing/103453499/ … brooksgate
**A Brooks Brothers Makers Tweed 3/2 sack -- 43 / 44.**
https://www.etsy.com/listing/103453567/ … akers-glen
**Black pebble grain Walk-Over gunboats -- 8 EEE.**
https://www.etsy.com/listing/103453787/ … ack-pebble
**Deadstock Princeton University Shop white OCBD -- 15.5.**
https://www.etsy.com/listing/97632769/d … -princeton
**1960's Manhattan "University Row" grey and white striped OCBD -- 15 / 15.5.**
https://www.etsy.com/listing/96576333/v … university
**Two half-sleeve popovers -- XL.**
https://www.etsy.com/listing/97163715/v … artan-half
https://www.etsy.com/listing/102685116/ … light-blue
**Gant "The Hugger" striped OCBD -- 15.5.**
https://www.etsy.com/listing/103453399/ … er-striped
Thanks for looking!