The poster in question used to be a ivy fanatic and now doesn't wear it at all. Maybe that has coloured his opinions. I certainly find it hard to believe that any of us ever had much interest in the zeitgeist. I didn't know what was happening in the zeitgeist then and I don't know what's happening in it now.

Ultimately, the minutiae of ivy clothing is fascinating to some of us and mundane to normal people. Of course we also discuss ivy-related topics that are probably more appealing to none ivy fanatics.

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When it was going full blast members were starting their own projects; Hardy and Johnson were producing great Ivy jackets, Henry from Brighton started his own line of excellent shirts because there was nothing decent on the market. There were a couple of lads from Sweden, or was it Denmark, who set out to produce the perfect OCBD shirt at a budget price. It was some sort of college project, the shirts were good and they sold like hot cakes, then for some inexplicable reason they went into slim fit and six months later it was all over.

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Woof mentions start-up projects. The best Ivy start-up is happening right now - Jakes of London, the perfect Ivy League shirtmakers. Perfect collar and the old Brooks cut. Look them up. I have a blue chambray tab and red chambray button-down. They are completely, utterly faultless. Uncle Ian has them too - he did some modelling for them.

The young boys who started up making the OCBDS as a college project were from Finland. I remember I was thinking of buying a couple until they changed strategy and started to go with a reduced collar size slim fit design. Amazing what they did as just a college project.
We had a few posters from Finland on here and Sweden as well. As I spend quite a bit of my time in Finland I was fascinated by the Ivy connection.
JS  was/is an Aalto fan, particularly his furniture and I had one or two conversations with him back in the Covent Garden days.

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Gentlemen, these tributes to FNB and what he provides should warm the cockles of his heart.

I can second Jake’s shirts.

I got a pink OCBD, bespoke made to my measurements and requirements.

They are excellent and at around £150, being not far north of what you would pay for a decent RTW, they are good value.

'A quiet little corner of the Internet'.  I like that very much.

It was Patrick who was likened to a B movie star. I bet he hasn't changed much since then.