Ah-ha.  One of TwoRussellStreet's friends and a John Simons enthusiast with a capital E.  A bonus in that Graham Marsh is involved.  I used to sit in our chilly front room looking at the studies of chaps like Dexter Gordon in GMs books; wish I knew what happened to them.  It was rather strange then communicating with TRS as a friend and collaborator of GM. 
I think the black side of Ivy has been discussed with reference to jazz, to Miles Davis et al. possibly not so much about actors or non-jazz black chaps.  Or am I misremembering?  There is, I feel sure, a thread on here about the great Sidney Poitier.  'In The Heat Of The Night' is still a pretty good movie, better than the novel it's based on. 
Some good snaps of Jason Jules to be seen here and there, often in a JS context.  Or possibly a JJ context.

I seem to recall something on the Ivy Style site about a book on the 'Seven Sisters' style.  I may be incorrect in recalling that.

Links don't work, also if you try to quote any previous posts then your post won't show. And trying to read the forum on a phone is a labour of love best avoided.

FNB has promised that a forum upgrade is in the works.

https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847842179

Seven Sisters Style: The All-American Preppy Look  by Rebecca C. Tuite. Rizzoli books, 2014.

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Chatted with Paul Simons about this today. We felt subtitle was unfortunate - A Revoltin Style... hang on...

Apparently a bash being planned at JS to launch the book. All the cats will be there in their tweed caps, spilling out onto the street, bottles of Becks in hand.

I suggested to Paul that Tony Nourmand should do a 'Jewish Ivy' book. No kiddin'. There's a massive story there to be told. Where's Frosty Mellor when you need him?

Then, of course, there was Melly's 'Revolt Into Style'.  Imagining JJ to have a magpie mind, might the title be a borrowing? 

I would suggest that strongish Italian lager they sell in Aldi would go will with a pizza slice.

'Owning Up' is a fair bedtime read, giving a good view of that era of British jazz.  Don't care much for the music, though.  Jim Godbolt's books are also worth a look on an autumn evening.

^ I'm inclined to agree.  Maybe Graham Marsh and the saintly Mr. G said all there was to be said from a strictly UK/Russell Street point of view.

Apologies.  I conflated the two things in a post, that were separate.

It wasn't in any way related, I was just already talking about it.

It was more that I saw it announced early, 'yes of course, sounds great', pre-ordered it then thought 'I'm already clearing out dozens of expensive hardback books I've read one or twice - what new am I really going to get from this?'.

The book will be good I'm sure, it's just I'm not sure I actually need to own it.  I'd enjoy flicking through it, but all the wider stuff than the clothes - yes important aboout the society changing, freedom of expression - it's just that I'm really just wanting to see the clothes worn.

I've got the Ronnie Scotts book sat behind me similarly with Graham Marsh involved and that was hugely disappointing. Flicked through a couple of times, nice pics. Done.  I've now got that for sale too.  It's just the idea of adding more coffee table type books that I'll end up not reading that has put me off I think.  It's become an industry.

I managed to pick up £5.000 selling secondhand books.  I'd specialized in certain areas: edged weapons and armour, vintage fantasy and science fiction, the occult, other stuff that nutters fancy from time to time.  I bought 'The King In Yellow' for £12 on Amazon and sold it on Ebay for £95.  I owned books that had belonged to M.R.James, Augustus John and others.  Always guaranteed a sale: mostly in the US.  I also had a good range of Silver Age comic books.  They still sell well, as does anything from the James Warren stable.

AFS - intriguing, I also made a load off ghost/gothic fiction. Those Tartarus reissues of Arthur Machen go for a load.  I bought everything they published for years and then found I was sat on a goldmine.  Which was handy at the time as I'd spent a load of money on.....er..... music, books, DVDs etc which I was then selling.  (I need to think that through again!!!!!).

I also bought a horror film poster book in hardback secondhand for let's say £20 that I sold for hundreds and hundreds years later. Unbelieveable.

I'm selling books now for £30-£40 easily as others list at £80.  Once out of print, if in any way popular culture related - they fly out.

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