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#1 2007-01-15 11:15:24
- Terry Lean
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The 'Village Squire' Shop NYC?
Been talking to a friend of a friend & this name popped up.
I wonder if it rings any bells with forum members here?
I think I've got the name right. It was one of the places on 'The List' for English Ivy fans visiting New York back in the day. I think it was a '60s place.
Thanks for any help at all -
te.
Last edited by Terry Lean (2007-01-15 11:38:27)
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#2 2007-01-15 16:49:10
- Marc Grayson
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Re: The 'Village Squire' Shop NYC?
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#3 2007-01-16 00:49:41
- Terry Lean
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Re: The 'Village Squire' Shop NYC?
Thanks Marc - I'll check the location & get back to you.
I think in the 60's they did 'American cut' interpretations of English clothes and so the place was of interest along with Brooks et al to Ivy League fans.
"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#4 2007-01-16 05:29:27
- Terry Lean
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Re: The 'Village Squire' Shop NYC?
Well I asked... & the answer is 'Could have been'.
The THEORY is that John Simon's 'Squire Shop' was a nod to this place. Only JS himself or Tofeeman will know for sure on that score...
JS's later 'Village Gate' shops gave a nod to the Jazz club of that name as we know from Paul Gorman's 'The Look' (Highly Recommended!).
But I'm wondering if it all kinda leads on to each from the other - 'Village Squire' results in 'Squire' (In an old butcher's like the US import 'Mayfair' Shop in Paris earlier on in the '60's)... 'Village Gate' has links to the Jazz club & the other half of the 'Village Squire' name...
It all seems to be...
I dunno...
You can IMAGINE this London guy really into American clothes going EVERYWHERE & picking up ideas while doing 'The Knowledge' about his chosen style and producing... A unique contribution to the history of the spread of the Ivy League style and also to English Menswear retailing...
Or is it all a collection of coincidences?
(Dunno)
???????????
terry -
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You're going to rise up singing"
#5 2007-01-16 05:30:03
- Marc Grayson
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Re: The 'Village Squire' Shop NYC?
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#6 2007-01-16 05:38:22
- Terry Lean
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Re: The 'Village Squire' Shop NYC?
Thanks again Marc - I remember you posting on that Burberry before...
It all SOUNDS right...
There's a book in all of this somewhere... 
Graham Marsh/John Gall...
Me? I'm just a punter...
"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"