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#26 2022-04-20 04:32:02
- AFS
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Re: Richie Cunningham: Trad?
All I can say is, I've never been crazy about following any rules - but I'm a great magpie (or is it a jackdaw? - no matter).
I always loved the John Simons/Russell Street nonsense about the colour of a shirt: Blue ideal, white if feeling outlandish, pink if on drugs.
Right now, I've got a habit.
#27 2022-04-20 08:34:59
- woofboxer
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Re: Richie Cunningham: Trad?
I’ve read that Miles Davis adopted The Ivy Look for a short period and of course he looks uber cool in many photos. But it was for a comparatively short time in relation to the span of his career and the same is true of other jazz prominents of the time. The West Coast lot seem to have been more consistent in their Ivyness.
Closer to home Style Council and other bands wore the Look for periods in their luminescence. Kevin Rowland, whose name has cropped up on here many times, adopted it, but for the artwork/publicity for one album, thereafter he reverted to the strange baggy trouser look he is more associated with.
In fact I’m beginning to wonder if Ivy is real?
'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'.
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#28 2022-04-20 08:43:17
- woofboxer
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Re: Richie Cunningham: Trad?
I remember an article by Richard Press about Frank Sinatra (part of J Press folklore) and how he adopted the Ivy Look at one point after sweeping into the Madison Avenue branch and buying up half the store. According to RP he then became part of the singer’s entourage for a while, travelling to various tour dates and acting as his wardrobe adviser, great fun, lots of parties and good for business. Then after just a few months he was discreetly informed by one of the inner circle that his services were no longer required. Sinatra had moved onto a new look.
'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'.
John Simons
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#29 2022-04-20 09:08:14
- RobbieB
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Re: Richie Cunningham: Trad?
I recently watched a Ronnie Scott's documentary. Some great scenes of Soho but I didn't see any Ivy clothes being worn by Jazz musicians or the audience
'I am a closet optimist' Leonard Cohen.
#30 2022-04-20 09:14:20
- RobbieB
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Re: Richie Cunningham: Trad?
I did spot a few Harringtons in a 2012 Inspector George Gently series including one with a Fraser tartan lining.
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'I am a closet optimist' Leonard Cohen.