JP Gaul leads a quiet life these days, and has managed to alienate many Ivyists and ex-associates over the years with his trenchant opinions and principled stances on clothes and other more significant issues. Most discussion about clothes is paralyzingly dull, this place post-Frost-Mellor being a prime example as portly middle aged men posted endless headless selfies of themselves in painfully dull clothes.  Frosty, and Andy, and others injected wit, mockery, the absurd and the political into the whole set-up and it once made for great reading.

Indeed some selective memory I think. During the time Yuca describes the Forum was the preserve of a cabal who saw themselves as insiders. Once that grip was loosened a few more Americans arrived who knew what they talking about and the sussed crowd took a back seat.

Nothing wrong with thrifting.  I picked up a very nice 1980s John Smedley cardigan in charcoal this afternoon for £6.  Chap who sold it me had worked for the company and assured me it was worth £150 of anyone's money (if shopping in Harrod's).  Do they sell Smedley there?  I'd no idea.  Anyway it's just having a nice bathe in luke-warm water. 
Most of the charity shops around the Matlock area now seem to offer a few examples.

This was from a cancer charity.  It's personal.

Thanks, Yuca.  I was never really aware of BB to be honest.  I've seen his name here and there but nothing more. 
This particular charity shop had a rather nice pair of black penny loafers at an amazing £6 (I kid you not).  Reckoned to be a size 8, but were tight as hell, so I passed.  Shame, they would have buffed up beautifully.

Makers BDs, vintage Brooks sack suits, gunboats, foulard and repp ties, etc. Nothing unusual.

I think Sammy has a bee in his bonnet because BB was moderating here a while ago and something happened between the two. I have no more details than that, although I'm sure it's a riveting story and I'm glad Sammy is keeping it alive.

Here's an article about BB:

https://putthison.com/the-instagram-account-showing-ivys-more-eclectic-side/

He also had a write up from the new guy running Ivy Style, although that seems to have been deleted. A short while after the write up appeared, BB was unimpressed at some typically inane crap written in a different article by the new IS guy. Draw your own conclusions.

Last edited by Yuca (2021-10-16 19:55:32)

But are the clothes not supposed to look 'lived in'?

'Sammy never had any dealings with Berk.'

I stand corrected. Apologies.

What utter crap. The forum post Jim was boring to you because you're not into ivy. With Jim there were endless tedious threads about what an arse Chens is (true of course but not exactly a fascinating subject), endless tedious threads about a certain London clothes shop in the 1980s (a part of the ivy story obviously but not significant or interesting enough to base the forum around), not to mention endless bragging, tall stories, name dropping and insulting people who he thought hadn't displayed sufficient antipathy towards Chens. Entertaining I suppose in the same way that watching the Titanic sink might have been.

You obviously have little to no interest in ivy and are only here to try to stop the forum from taking off again aka trolling. Your unhealthy obsession with BB, Stan and the memory of JFM is bizarre, to say the least.

Yes Jim did indeed bring a lot of traffic to this forum. That's no excuse for his efforts to destroy the place.

To you this forum, post Jim, was and is a big yawn. To a fan of ivy clothing, this forum was and is worth a read. It doesn't have the drama it used to have it's true, but then it's talk ivy, not talk incessant, repetitive, tribal bullshit that Sammy finds entertaining.

You are well aware that this forum will never be like it was, so why are you here? You appear to have no interest in anything other than repeating the same statements i.e. the forum used to be great then went crap; Jim was great; BB and Stan were terrible. That might be your idea of a good way to spend your time but your fun is at the forum's expense.

Last edited by Yuca (2021-10-17 22:49:53)

For me Autumn onwards is when we can wear tweeds, jumpers, coats, scarves, caps, shoes and the like. I enjoy its style more than the warmer months. It was fun to put away shorts and polos this weekend and bring down the warmer clothing.