Last edited by Russell...Street (2013-12-18 16:29:06)

I didn't think you were grumpy. I think we were on the same page here actually.
That's exactly the point I was making when I mentioned it raises questions...Ivy or not? All depends on your own personal take on the big picture I guess.
Obviously some things are, some aren't, but it's how the mix is done that can offer interesting new interpretations .

There are also plenty of images already in the Tech Ivy thread that aren't "ivy".  But it's nice to have an overall context of what was going on at a given time.

"psychedelicious beiges"?  haha. 

Here's the thing too... Adults could age gracefully wearing classic American style.  What happened in the '70s is that you had aging adults wearing flared pants/jeans and huge collars.  Ties and lapels got ridiculously wide too.  And men from 40 to 70 were growing their hair out all over the place with mops and chops and mustaches and beards.  The afro reigned too.  My dad has a company yearbook from I think 1975 or 1976 and man, the looks were out there.  I can't believe regular Joes were looking like that in the office.  It's really comical.  And the big eyeglasses were in fashion too.  It was a big wreck.

That's not what I meant, Stan.

I just meant to say that the yearbook photos that WM has selected show a greater variety of tailored clothing than Take Ivy does, for whatever reason.

The summer season being such a reason was merely my own speculation.

The thing is though when you say people dont want to dress in the college way when they're of a certain age I can understand that but I dont see a massive difference in the other influences with ivy they could draw on.. ok mad ave. and Jazz, probably the most formally dressed, but somethings like film and tv. Casually dressed film and tv stars were very similar to the campus look. Even the slighlty more mature guys. Ultimately the clothes are the clothes and you decide the context.