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Ivy Look photography - as advertising

21/11/2017

Noticed earlier this week that JTG are pushing out quite a few nice little things I’ve not seen before.

This swag number here is a photographic triumph and a trio of delights:

Tab collar shirt: check

Knitted tie: check

Tie bar: check

I could probably leave the braces, but who doesn't want the last three?

This is a pretty strong pitch actually – elsewhere I’ve seen tab collars go for a much higher price and they have a unique look in the Mod wardrobe... minimal, but razor sharp.

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Swipe The Style #3 - House of the Rising Sun, The Animals

3/10/2017

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As I promised last week, this week’s Swipe the Style is not going to involve Paul Weller at all

(although admittedly he is the best source for some of these – not only does he have good music, but his look is always great too)

This one’s from the Animals, House of the Rising Sun.

Grey suit - Jump The Gun
Price: £325

Tricky to find anything like the grey suit exactly as it is in the video. The black trim around the edges is obviously something they’ve had made for them as a band. On top of this, 3-button grey suits seem to be a bit scarce at the moment among the usual suspects. What I’ve got here is Jump The Gun’s grey suit. I’ve had JTG suits before so I know they are strong quality. It is however quite pricey.

An alternative, if you were really into that black trim, might be good to visit this site, where you can design your own boating blazer. It’ll be 2-button but you’ll get that black trim that is so distinctive.

Yellow shirt - Adam of London
Price: £50

Yellow shirts, not particularly hard to find, but from details in the video these have French double cuffs. So it has to be Adam of London. If you want to have a go at source your own one, I've got a little guide that might help you with that, based here.

Black tie - Tootal (via JTG)
Price: £20

The black silk tie is pretty standard around and about. But I’d say Tootal is the best price.

Winklepicker shoes - Underground
Price: £125

Shoes again are not particularly clear here, but I’m going to get creative and say they’re all wearing winklepickers. A strong pair of winklepickers can be picked up from Underground, although I can’t remember where I got mine from.

Grey socks - Primark
Price: £5

Pretty nondescript when it comes to socks – stylishly neutral one might say. But Primark do most socks very cheaply, grey included here.

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Keeping Tabs

29/9/2017

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I’ve seen the light

It’s true.

I’ve been doing it wrong for years.

And I only realised last week.

To start at the start, I reread The Ivy Look, by Graham Marsh and JP Gaul.

Great little tome, mapping out the details of the Ivy League style.

Especially great considering this is one of the key roots of Mod itself.

It also has some great pics in it, in that old-skool 1960s artistic style.

But that’s a bonus.

The great bit was that for ages I saw this thing called the “Tab Collar”.

Which is literally the worst name ever. It sounds like something a computer would wear.

“Tab” always meant to me, a kind of bland, square collar and I just assumed it referred to the standard everyday collar you might see in an office.

i.e. boring af.

But no! I finally understand it.

The Tab is the bit that clips around the back of the tie that draws the collar together to make it that smooth roll-shape that any Mod or fashionista highly approve of.

Closes all the gaps in the collar, fits snugly over the knot of the tie, with no buttons in sight.

In the words of The Ivy Look, this is “the epitome of the Ivy League style.”

As usual in this situation, I am now obsessed with it.

Every day at work when I should be concentrating on my laptop screen.

Looking at spreadsheets that tell me where Hampshire Local Authority are going to be building their new public service hub (or something)

All I see is a nice snug tab collar and tie.

It’s the new autumn look for 2017 I’ve decided.

Throw out all your button-downs, this is the new (old) thing.

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Paisley Planet

23/6/2017

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For ages I did notice there was a niche in the Mod market for a cheeky paisley tie. The best we’ve got is Ties Planet. Ties Planet’s alright, but they ain’t Mod. They do narrow ties in a few decent styles, including polka dots and those tiny pin dots, but no decent paisley.

Once again, Adaptor have smashed it. New range of paisley ties, but with that Adaptor retro twist that looks high street, but also wouldn’t look out of place back in 1963. In fact I can actually imagine Paul himself wearing one this moment.

Nice one guys.