By Matthew Longcore Father’s Day is this weekend and I am visiting my dad in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Lancaster is a beautiful place. My dad calls it “God’s country” and with good reason. The bucolic region has miles of lush farmland. The downtown area is surprisingly hip, a center for arts and culture with fine restaurants, …
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Matthew Longcore, Ph.D. Editor and publisher Matthew Longcore completed his Ph.D. in Humanities at Salve Regina University. His doctoral dissertation is titled “Dreaming Spires: Collegiate Gothic Architecture on American Campuses.” Matthew is a graduate of Trinity College and holds master’s degrees from Fairfield University, Harvard University, and Yale University. As an undergraduate, he majored in …
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Happy Birthday to singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte, who turns 90 today. Below you can check out an early recording he made with the Zoot Sims Quintet below. It features Roy Haynes on drums. Haynes was one of the jazz musicians who got hip to Ivy in the mid-’50s, and I interviewed him in …
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W. David Marx did this interview for Ivy Style back in 2013 while researching his groundbreaking book “Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style.” As part of the research he sat down with Toshiyuki Kurosu (pictured above second from left) at the Kamakura Shirts office in Tokyo. Kurosu is legendary in Japan as one of the very …
Last night I had the opportunity to attend the official release party for the Only NY × J. Press collaboration. The event took place at the J. Press Flagship Store in Manhattan, next to the Yale Club of New York City. The new collection features Made in USA items in navy and orange, including a …
Matthew Longcore, the editor of Ivy Style, had the opportunity to interview Tucker Mscisz, the Chief Operating Officer of The Andover Shop. Here is the transcript from the interview. Matthew: Thank you for taking the time to talk with Ivy Style. Let’s start with a bit of history. The Andover Shop was founded in 1948 …
By Alec Dent Ivy Style contributing writer Alec Dent is a reporter and editor for The Washington Post. Alec’s writing has also appeared in New York Magazine, Racquet, The Boston Globe, The Bulwark, The Daily Beast, Town & Country, and Vanity Fair. His interview with Jack Carlson titled “The New Pope of Prep” appeared in …
By Matthew Longcore “To this day, when I dress to go out to an old-fashioned luncheon party in Washington, I do my best to suggest a Morgan partner of 1928.” – Joseph Alsop, The Wasp Ascendancy, November 9, 1989 I am going to start off with a bold statement, and one that is likely to …
By Daniel Covell Daniel Covell is a Professor of Sport Management at Western New England University and a contributing writer for Ivy Style. I’ve always been amused by the various cross-cultural interpretations of what constitutes Japanese to Americans and American to the Japanese. Most of these observations come from American films and television shows. On …
By Sarah Bogart Cooney Sarah Bogart Cooney is the creator of the blog Fewer & Better and a contributing writer for Ivy Style. You can find Sarah on Substack. This year’s Fashion Week signaled a marked resurgence of interest in preppy/trad/Ivy style, particularly notable at the J. Press Fashion Week show where all attendees were given copies of Take …
By Matthew Longcore Town & Country magazine was founded in 1846 by Nathaniel Parker Willis and George Pope Morris. It is the oldest continuously published general-interest magazine in the United States. Originally named The Home Journal, it adopted its current name in 1901. As a longtime subscriber to Town & Country, I have noticed of late …
President George Washington was born on this day 294 years ago – February 22, 1732. Ivy Style has honored George Washington as a man of character. Today we celebrate our first president as a man of style. Navy blazers and khaki pants have long been considered to be among the most iconic looks in the …
In honor of the birthday of President George Washington (February 22), Ivy Style is pleased to repost this article from last year. We also invite you to read the essay from President George W. Bush for In Pursuit, a landmark initiative of More Perfect working to protect and renew our democracy as we approach the …