[Flanderian]

The style most commonly offered as Trad is that which was actually fashion for roughly ten years from the late '50's to the later '60's. Of course, TNSIL existed both before and after this period as it evolved largely in various colleges, most notably, the Ivy League schools.

This article contains a dozen really great photos from 1948 offering a significant representation of clothing from the formative period of this style. It is representative of clothing of the period roughly from the late '40's through the early '50's -

https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/back-to-college-wardrobe-from-1948/

 

[Vecchio Vespa]

My dad’s wardrobe! I was forged in Virginia in the the early sixties but always dug the things I spirited out of dad’s closet!

 

[Dhaller]

I'm trying to imagine my seminar students arriving in jackets and ties.

Of course, they'd all be smoking in the lecture room.

Win some, lose some.

DH

 

[fishertw]

At 71, I still dress this way. You can go into my closet and find nearly every item in the photos. Maybe we need an "Old Fogey" thread.

 

[Vecchio Vespa]

At 71, I still dress this way. You can go into my closet and find nearly every item in the photos. Maybe we need an "Old Fogey" thread.

Well I'll be 70 in mid February! I still dress pretty much the same way except for the hats and the plaid tie. But it's the cut of the sport coats I associate with dad. Plenty of room in those jackets!

 

[127.72 MHz]

Except for the width of their lapels and their hats this is what I own and how I dress.

When I'm very casual I'm guilty of pairing denim pants with my OCBD and sport-coat and/or sweater vest.

This is not common in Portland, Oregon though,...I'm 57 and at times I feel like a walking anachronism.

Yet more great images from Flanderian.

 

[Fading Fast]

Great article.

Love the Donegal overcoat.

Also, the article touches on a neat part of Trad/Ivy history - the West Coast's more casual interpretation of Trad/Ivy.

I doubt at colleges today (I have no idea what college kids wear), but it is good today to see that the cardigan, like in the second to last pic, has had a minor renaissance as, for the past few years, I've seen younger men wearing them in NYC.

 

[Flanderian]

At 71, I still dress this way. You can go into my closet and find nearly every item in the photos. Maybe we need an "Old Fogey" thread.

Any thread in which I participate is an "Old Fogey" thread!

Well I'll be 70 in mid February! I still dress pretty much the same way except for the hats and the plaid tie. But it's the cut of the sport coats I associate with dad. Plenty of room in those jackets!

More plaid ties than Carter has Little Liver pills!

Except for the width of their lapels and their hats this is what I own and how I dress.

When I'm very casual I'm guilty of pairing denim pants with my OCBD and sport-coat and/or sweater vest.

This is not common in Portland, Oregon though,...I'm 57 and at times I feel like a walking anachronism.

Yet more great images from Flanderian.

Great article.

Love the Donegal overcoat.

Also, the article touches on a neat part of Trad/Ivy history - the West Coast's more casual interpretation of Trad/Ivy.

I doubt at colleges today (I have no idea what college kids wear), but it is good today to see that the cardigan, like in the second to last pic, has had a minor renaissance as, for the past few years, I've seen younger men wearing them in NYC.

From what I've seen, they're wearing the same T-shirts and jeans all the other kids are wearing, however, the natives may be restless!

When my chiropractor informed me that her 21 year old son had developed an interest in dressing better in general, and ascots in particular, such as those I sometimes wear, I recalled one of mine I had yet to wear that had been an impulse purchase when on sale from Press, but for which my ardor had cooled. I gifted it to the young man and it was received with both gratitude and enthusiasm.

 

[Fading Fast]

...When my chiropractor informed me that her 21 year old son had developed an interest in dressing better in general, and ascots in particular, such as those I sometimes wear, I recalled one of mine I had yet to wear that had been an impulse purchase when on sale from Press, but for which my ardor had cooled. I gifted it to the young man and it was received with both gratitude and enthusiasm.

Nice story and nice of you to do. That's quite a jump from T-shirt and jeans to an ascot, but any move in the right direction is a good one.

 

[Flanderian]

Nice story and nice of you to do. That's quite a jump from T-shirt and jeans to an ascot, but any move in the right direction is a good one.

Have to water the flowers, you know!