J. Press will be the official sponsor of The Harriman Cup — the annual polo match between Yale and the University of Virginia. This year’s match will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2025 at Bethpage Polo at the Park. For four decades, The Harriman Cup has commemorated the life of diplomat, polo player, former ...| Ivy Style
I know. I was groaning too, for a year. We get Ivy back on its feet and the first thing it does is take off its tie. Probably the dominant trait of Ivy since its inception, too, don’t you think? And that, of course, brought forth handwringing, I suspect the same hands that prematurely declared ...| Ivy Style
By Matthew Longcore Last night I had the great honor and privilege of speaking at the Yale Club of New York City. My presentation topic was my doctoral dissertation titled “Dreaming Spires: Collegiate Gothic Architecture on American Campuses.” Many thanks to the Yale Club of New York City and all those who attended. It was ...| Ivy Style
By Matthew Longcore Last summer I had the opportunity to attend the Newport International Boat Show. For those unfamiliar, this is an annual event in the coastal city of Newport, Rhode Island. It is one of the largest and most prestigious boat shows in the United States. In addition to showcasing sailboats and motor yachts ...| Ivy Style
By Ebrima Santos Sanneh Ebrima is a reporter at American Banker who covers government regulation of the financial industry primarily at the Treasury, FDIC, and the OCC. He also moonlights at classic clothier J. Press, where he helps clients, from senators to students, find their footing in classic American style. This article was originally published ...| Ivy Style
By James H. Grant The United Kingdom of Great Britain has many well-known clothiers and outfitters: Aquascutum, Barbour, Burberry, Harrod’s, Liberty of London, just to name a few. Although less heralded perhaps, the firm of J.C. Cording & Co., Ltd., at 19 Piccadilly, London, is one of the finest brands for traditional men’s and women’s ...| Ivy Style
By Matthew Longcore The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, widely considered to be the great American novel, was first published on April 10, 1925. To celebrate the centennial, here is a look at Gatsby’s enduring impact on style. In an article for The Telegraph titled Why the Great Gatsby at 100 is still the ...| Ivy Style
By James H. Grant [Warning: The following article will probably cause considerable controversy and disquietude – perhaps even some gnashing of teeth. Proceed with caution. – JHG] In the late summer of 1961, I embarked upon a venture to change my wardrobe from the non-descript blue jeans, plaid shirts, and black loafers I had worn ...| Ivy Style
By Matthew Longcore “Navy blue. The new neutral, it is the automatic first choice for shoes, purses, suits, sweaters. It serves as the perfect foil for colors that do not exist in nature – shocking pink, poison green, brilliant yellow, Windex blue. Purple is not Preppy.” – The Official Preppy Handbook (1980) If there is ...| Ivy Style
Never, Always, Sometimes: Ten Simple Rules of the Southern Collegiate Style By James H. Grant As far as I know, there were no codified standards which governed how we should dress when I went off to college in the 1960’s. There was no handbook, no Hoyle’s Guide, and no Marquess of Queensberry Rules. We were ...| Ivy Style
By Matthew Longcore Ivy Style. The very name evokes a collegiate aesthetic. We hear this phrase and we imagine cool, crisp autumn days. Football games and fraternity parties. Or we envision the rites of passage in springtime. Graduation ceremonies and academic regalia. Pomp and circumstance. As academic, I love all of this. I work at ...| Ivy Style
This article about Nantucket Reds was published by our friend, Muffy Aldrich. Muffy is the editor of Salt Water New England: The Thing Before Preppy. Readers are welcome to subscribe to her Substack. I Took This at the Newport to Bermuda Race Start… …Which Was This Boat. And This Was the Committee Boat for Another ...| Ivy Style
By James H. Grant In the early 1970s, I knew a priest who served as the Catholic chaplain at Emory University in Atlanta. We occasionally conversed over a beer at Jagger’s, a local pizza restaurant. Father Genesse taught me the Latin expression: De gustibus non est disputandum. There are several nuanced translations of the phrase, ...| Ivy Style
By Dan Covell The end of every calendar year leads many to list-making: The top films of the year, the top books, the top eateries, etc. A group of friends and I, self-dubbed the “Fantastic Four,” met at Jimmy’s, a terrific cigar bar/restaurant in New Jersey and got a jump on this exercise to discuss ...| Ivy Style
By Matthew Longcore Christmas is my favorite holiday for so many reasons, not the least of which is the music. As a lifelong Anglophile, I have always had an affinity for English Christmas carols. “Good King Wenceslas” is my all-time favorite, and I especially love the Celtic folk version from Loreena McKennitt on her 1995 ...| Ivy Style
Dear Friends, Today marks the beginning of a new chapter for Ivy Style and for me personally as I take the reins of this wonderful project. I have been a fan of Ivy Style since its earliest days under the pioneering leadership of founder Christian Chensvold. More recently, I have enjoyed following this page as ...| Ivy Style