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#1 2009-11-23 07:48:45
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
News to me -
http://blog.honeyee.com/andrew/archives/images/BrooksBrothersBritish1-thumb.jpg
USA made for the anniversary of the first London Brooks shop.
#4 2009-11-23 23:31:51
- heikki k
- The Ivyist's Ivyist
- Posts: 1442
Re: News to me -
^sure, all WASPs owning brooks stocks would gain higher profits!
..sorry, couldn't resist..
#6 2009-11-24 11:50:33
- The Ace Face
- Member
- Posts: 613
Re: News to me -
Wouldn't it make more sense for Spycatcher to be into Hugo Boss? The company that clothed the Third Reich.
Draped and sculpted hep cat suit - as worn by His Royal Hepness, Cab Calloway
#7 2009-11-24 11:56:28
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
Re: News to me -
I can't square his attitudes with our clothes at all.
Even in deepest (real) WASPland those are not the attitudes that go with this style. The (real) patrician old money Ivy element is very laid back - Nothing like the anxious Buckley or all those Church-hungry 'Trads'.
Horace knows this world well.
#9 2009-11-24 12:01:53
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
Re: News to me -
Actually - Mike's family connections will back me up here.
Mike - The effortless nature of the reality of all this? No points to prove, no crusades to fight?
No 'statements' to make.
No talk of 'lost civilisations'. Just business as usual.