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#1 2012-06-25 14:25:02
- Taylor McIntyre
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Superlative work by JP Gaul -
http://yalebooks.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/tales-of-a-radical-conformist-g-p-gaul-on-ivy-style/
#3 2012-06-25 14:31:14
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
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Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
'Ivy Guru'-hood is his.
- Which he'd be the first to dismiss !
#4 2012-06-25 14:37:07
- Kingston1an
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Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
"Florid, smug, middle-aged golf club bore in this country I'd say. Propping up the 19th hole in deepest Surrey bemoaning the perils of immigration."
#6 2012-06-25 14:49:28
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
I think he's the most intellegent writer on the subject bar none. Everything is considered & meant.
#7 2012-06-25 15:54:39
- woofboxer
- Devil's Ivy Advocate
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Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'.
John Simons
Achievements: banned from the Ivy Style FB Group
#8 2012-06-25 16:15:15
- One For Bop
- Mr. Ivy
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Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
''By hurling yourself into the abyss you discover its a feather bed.”
#10 2012-06-26 01:20:35
- Hard Bop Hank
- Ivy Soul Brother
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Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
“No Room For Squares”
”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"
#11 2012-06-26 01:32:28
- Hard Bop Hank
- Ivy Soul Brother
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Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
“No Room For Squares”
”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"
#12 2012-06-26 01:36:09
- Faubus
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Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
Is 'cum' the kind of word that should be used on a family forum? It's just like having Cheeky posting again.
#14 2012-06-26 01:40:10
- One For Bop
- Mr. Ivy
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Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
I love the cut of the one on the left, any idea on what it is?
''By hurling yourself into the abyss you discover its a feather bed.”
#15 2012-06-26 01:48:33
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
I like the concept of 'Radical Conformism' very much.
In my England Ivy was very much under the radar. I hope it still is a bit, depending on where you are & who you're with. That was a great attraction to me too.
It was MY thing and I was initially very tight lipped about what I was up to. Suddenly becoming very tidy after the usual English scruffy Trad childhood. Which again made me different.
Without being deep and meaningful (when have I ever?) I probably felt myself to be different first & then found a way to express it that was right for me.
#16 2012-06-26 01:48:59
- Hard Bop Hank
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Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
Last edited by Hard Bop Hank (2012-06-26 01:49:32)
“No Room For Squares”
”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"
#18 2012-06-26 01:50:15
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
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Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
- Sorry, that's the one on the right !
#20 2012-06-26 01:56:37
- Faubus
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Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
I think the look John describes would still cause a certain amount of disquiet in certain circles. I think it's great - for that time - but I wouldn't want to do it now (not that I was doing it then, you understand, I was dressing - albeit with many subtle variations - much as I'm dressing now), on the basis that it looks too - erm - officious? (I think Jason Jules was rocking it even then, wasn't he?) Having said that - and I realise I'm not explaining myself too coherently - that tweed/wingtip look is far more interesting than your standard G9/buttondown/Levis/red socks/Weejuns. That's just a naff uniform.
#21 2012-06-26 01:57:17
- Hard Bop Hank
- Ivy Soul Brother
- From: land of a 1000 dances
- Posts: 4923
Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
“No Room For Squares”
”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"
#23 2012-06-26 02:01:23
- Hard Bop Hank
- Ivy Soul Brother
- From: land of a 1000 dances
- Posts: 4923
Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
“No Room For Squares”
”All political art is bad – all good art is political.”
"Would there be any freedom of press or speech if one must reduce his vocabulary to vapid innocuous euphemisms?"
#24 2012-06-26 02:04:26
- Faubus
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Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
The casual, lazy, unimaginative side. I saw a guy at JS' the other week buying a Harrington. Overweight, square, red in the face, somewhat embarrassed, his wife holding his coat. He could have been in C&A.
#25 2012-06-26 02:06:23
- One For Bop
- Mr. Ivy
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Re: Superlative work by JP Gaul -
I think JP and Jim are people who understand the beauty of the clothes, as well as stir up the emotion of them. A double pronged assault.
''By hurling yourself into the abyss you discover its a feather bed.”