tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post4933964671135513038..comments2024-03-29T04:16:43.389-04:00Comments on Reggie Darling: Reggie's Reflections on "Ivy Style"Reggie Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04044215790585354363noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-956613611895819962012-11-04T08:14:32.455-05:002012-11-04T08:14:32.455-05:00PS...I kid you NOT. The word challenge for my prev...PS...I kid you NOT. The word challenge for my previous comment was ... "nukaverb h" ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-47606139788483821912012-11-04T08:13:26.336-05:002012-11-04T08:13:26.336-05:00As usual, I'm late to the reading. Seems I'...As usual, I'm late to the reading. Seems I've little time left these days to write or read blogs. But I'm pleased to have found this...I loved reading it.ADGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16612897500610475937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-58094080969887793582012-11-03T06:30:40.438-04:002012-11-03T06:30:40.438-04:00Dearest Reg, I remember you at Silliman happy hour...Dearest Reg, I remember you at Silliman happy hour senior year, so handsome in your tweed jacket, Brooks Brothers pink button down shirt, rep tie....oh, wait, i just saw that rep tie! What fun nostalgia, friend. It brought back the utter thrill of my own marching into J. Press to buy my very own Saybrook College striped wool scarf! 'Tis thinking I'm needing a replacement. love to you and Boy, Bits xoxoBitsy Adamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-67789471448027242212012-10-30T21:38:03.682-04:002012-10-30T21:38:03.682-04:00Thank you for this post, it was a fascinating and ...Thank you for this post, it was a fascinating and informative read! It was really interesting to hear your personal take on Ivy League style and how it is so much a part of your family's Yale tradition. I had not heard of this exhibit but if I have a chance to visit New York in the next few months, I will definitely go.<br /><br />I have just started following your blog after Tabitha's recommendation, looking forward to reading more!Louise @ INGREDIENTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09883303245642039938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-57783473750884672042012-10-25T16:43:31.616-04:002012-10-25T16:43:31.616-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-29279814092215445382012-10-25T12:53:08.277-04:002012-10-25T12:53:08.277-04:00I am mad for your grandfather's prep school bl...I am mad for your grandfather's prep school blazer!The Devoted Classicisthttp://tdclassicist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-45296992153621251002012-10-25T08:48:01.208-04:002012-10-25T08:48:01.208-04:00smr: me too, I absolutely adored my school uniform...smr: me too, I absolutely adored my school uniform and couldn't bear to get a bash in my Panama hat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-24284829928365573542012-10-25T08:46:45.350-04:002012-10-25T08:46:45.350-04:00I absolutely love this post, I would love to have ...I absolutely love this post, I would love to have had your Ivy League experience, oh I wrote about red trousers this week and linked to you, I'm also ranting about ties today, male standards are dropping, we must fight it on the beaches!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-22254388993591889552012-10-25T00:28:00.004-04:002012-10-25T00:28:00.004-04:00Wonderful review of the exhibit. I especially enjo...Wonderful review of the exhibit. I especially enjoyed your personal perspective interspersed with the wonderful images.Bitsynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-26529688994403174362012-10-24T20:30:03.044-04:002012-10-24T20:30:03.044-04:00I love the huge amount of images you've droppe...I love the huge amount of images you've dropped into this post. I am esp fond of those from your personal archives!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-61116523294766529482012-10-24T18:56:07.417-04:002012-10-24T18:56:07.417-04:00Another fantastic post by RD!
I enjoyed it immen...Another fantastic post by RD! <br />I enjoyed it immensely.<br />FIT does a bang up job of mounting it's shows, and I am an alumni of that august institution, we like to think of as the Harvard or Yale of fashion and design schools. Most of my professors had migrated from Parsons years before I arrived!<br /><br />Dean Farris Dean Farrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11651467227402717540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-22394045592592651282012-10-24T16:45:45.018-04:002012-10-24T16:45:45.018-04:00Hello Reggie, These clothes were an element that ...Hello Reggie, These clothes were an element that became part of the Ivy aura, which lives on even if these outfits have pretty much been relegated to the realm of costume and history. <br /><br />When I was at Yale, it was even a degree or so less formal than you describe, and yet the Ivy Look was never very far away, and it was certainly no surprise to see students walking around dressed like this. <br /><br />Since you know how I favor the historical approach, I wrote a quick illustrated response to your posting:<br /><br />http://roadtoparnassus.blogspot.tw/2012/10/yale-1870-dressed-for-pump.htmlParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-46097930766427194632012-10-24T16:06:13.227-04:002012-10-24T16:06:13.227-04:00I like your father, he is the only one not looking...I like your father, he is the only one not looking to the front in the photograph.<br /><br />I went to a private girls school ..we wore panama hats in the summer and kahki coloured woollen berets in winter. We were of course fully clothed in the appropriate tunics, shirts and ties and gloves. smrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-83377266388819382222012-10-24T12:53:42.704-04:002012-10-24T12:53:42.704-04:00Is that why all the fabric mills in this country ...Is that why all the fabric mills in this country went out of business or moved else where? Due to lower demand for the fabrics to be profitable lower wages ?? Are there any decent tailors in this country anymore? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-10288402329113879902012-10-24T11:30:00.024-04:002012-10-24T11:30:00.024-04:00Oh I long for those days; when a gentleman looked ...Oh I long for those days; when a gentleman looked the part. I never tire of beautifully made traditional clothing. My late husband wore a lot of Brooks Brothers, Nordstrom, Nieman Marcus, etc.<br /><br />Of course I wish I could attend. Enjoy all of the photos; especially of you being fitted at J Press.<br /><br />xoxo<br />Karena<br />Art by KarenaKarenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206642885608991170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-84043919587654194042012-10-24T11:27:15.964-04:002012-10-24T11:27:15.964-04:00I went to college in the late 60s, and though I wa...I went to college in the late 60s, and though I was a Fine Arts student at a time when everyone else was dressing down, I always wore a tie. I took some satisfaction in knowing that it was I who was really the rebel!Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-78817689654530433362012-10-24T11:12:17.039-04:002012-10-24T11:12:17.039-04:00Dear Reggie,
For those who can't see this exh...Dear Reggie,<br /><br />For those who can't see this exhibit, another resource is the book, "Gentleman's Guide to Grooming and Style," written in 2000, perhaps updated, perhaps not. But then again, why update a gentleman's guide to classic attire? <br /><br />It has good advice for all, including young fellows, such as this: if you only have $300 to spend on shoes, buy one pair. And then it proceeds to name names, from Allen Edmonds to John Lobb. <br /><br />I wish that all young men would read it. It would be such an improvement over seeing them wearing hoodies (with anything, but especially with blazers) and carrying backpacks instead of briefcases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-13286504132099247382012-10-24T10:49:27.426-04:002012-10-24T10:49:27.426-04:00Is not a swallow-tailed morning coat,with gray tro...Is not a swallow-tailed morning coat,with gray trousers, seen on the right of the image captioned 'Evening Wear', only ever daytime attire?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-27983502849351803282012-10-24T10:23:36.921-04:002012-10-24T10:23:36.921-04:00Seriously? Reggie and Max in the same place? It wo...Seriously? Reggie and Max in the same place? It would be heaven!Pigtown*Designhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13775512940294150252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-3875428331481314452012-10-24T09:51:53.331-04:002012-10-24T09:51:53.331-04:00Oh I should bring my scruffy, handsome, hipster so...Oh I should bring my scruffy, handsome, hipster son! And Reggie, you epitomize the real deal. It's not all about the shoes, as you know. It's the code. In great fondness, LPC.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8044541580633294348.post-77044964196658387022012-10-24T09:41:30.203-04:002012-10-24T09:41:30.203-04:00Hello Reggie:
we can well imagine you to be the ep...Hello Reggie:<br />we can well imagine you to be the epitome of Ivy Style, not in a way of 'throwback' to the 1950s but more of a 2012 reinterpretation of the look.<br /><br />How it saddens us that most people for most occasions 'dress down' these days since, for us, an event has heightened excitement when glamour is the order of the day [or evening].Thankfully, in Budapest, people do still dress for the Opera and for music concerts and so this, in our view, makes for a more enjoyable occasion all round.<br /><br />The exhibition sounds very appealing and, if only we were closer, we should surely be attending. A glimpse of Reggie......ivy styled or not......who could resist?Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com