‘American style’ Category

  1. The Americanization of Ivy League Style

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    August 3, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    The daily link leads to AAAC, where ‘AldenPyle’ has shared some scanned ads for Ivy League clothes from the early …
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  2. In Search of Grandfather’s Style

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    July 16, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    Daily lore: The Wall Street Journal published a nice little article about the men taking style ques from their grandfathers …
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  3. The Cake Eaters of the 1920s

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    July 13, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    ‘During the early and middle twenties a sharp, strictly non-college group (called “Cake Eaters”) evolved a style peculiar unto themselves. …
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  4. George Bush, the Menswear President

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    July 13, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    Yes, yet another link to Buzzfeed’s fine collage of Bush senior exuding Ivy/prep/trad/younameit charisma. Before the Internet began spouting style …
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  5. 75 Years of Style on Esquire

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    July 2, 2013 by Ville Raivio

    Two daily links: Esquire has shared illustrations and pictures from its pages over the course of 75 years. The oldest …
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