Last edited by Horace (2006-05-13 10:18:41)
I view the BB devotee as more monolithic in its style, the typical Chipp customer more individualistic. Chipp was like a small, wonderful club, perhaps "chipps" off the old BB block.
Marc
I really don't think Chipp and Brooks battled each other---Perhaps it was just a friendly rivalry. It was not merely coincidental that Chipp, Press, Brooks, Triplers, and Paul Stuart were all in close proximity to one another. Each store had their own nuanced differences, and their customers gravitated to those differences. It was rather glorious, a community of traditionalists all living side-by-side in Ivy League harmony.
This thread should be on the other forum as it's more relevant to the the iVy Gents on there.
Going back to the original post, I can hardly regard the second half of the '60s as being "horrendous" sartorially, outside of the hippie/youth culture. Most of America was still a very conservative place, sartorially and otherwise. The "horrendous" stuff only gained general currency in the '70s.
Absolutly agree with Captainpreppy.
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