Ivy Style

アイビー・スタイル / 1950s– / Style / Trad

The practical menswear system of America's East Coast colleges — button-downs and blazers whose 'broken-in correctness' became, via Japan, the global standard of trad.

Button-down shirts / 3/2-roll blazers / Loafers / Deliberately relaxed wear

Ivy Style — The Museum at FIT『Ivy Style』展示風景より引用 — The Museum at FIT『Ivy Style』展示風景より引用

Dictionary entry

Best used for: Comparing primary sources and exemplary cases · Extracting principles that transfer beyond dress
Type: Observe the letters and signs of the era and community referred to
Composition: Translate silhouette and proportion into composition
Material: Verify the material conditions: cloth, tailoring, the wearer's body
Caution: Never peel off the garment's signs alone. Verify who wore it, why, and against what.
Further study: Take Ivy, 1965 / VAN Jacket and Japanese Ivy / the road to preppy

Related entries

Mod (モッズ)
Normcore (ノームコア)

Source: The Museum at FIT — Ivy Style

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