Threading the Needle with Richard Press

The Winds of War

I was six years old in 1944 when Grandfather Jacobi set up chairs and blankets for us to watch the Christmas Day Parade from the balcony in front o...

Lulu’s Back In Town

Kurt Vonnegut, author, playwright and “cultural critic at a critical moment,” kept several J. Press Tuxedos in his closet. A longtime loyal custome...

Headquarters For Harris Tweed

All Harris Tweeds are not created equal. Bolts of the fabric earmarked especially for J. Press impart the hardy robust character and inimitable ear...

Revisiting Camelot

The tragic chord of President John F. Kennedy’s epic saga that ended fifty-five years ago this week remains an everlasting fugue on the dark side o...

J. Press Prime

You learn a lot in 116 years of devotion to a single enterprise. Up to the current day J. Press has made and fitted garments for hundreds of thousa...

“Brush’em Until She Feels Like a Shaggy Dog”

Shortly after Irving Press was discharged from the US Army where he ran the PX store at Fort Ritchie, Maryland, my uncle was contacted by the Scott...

Treasure Chest Classic

rom my early college days at dear old Dartmouth to my current walks with Granddog Rolo on the sometimes blistery cold West Village sidewalks of New...

“George Bernard Shaw Loves His Irish Tweed”

The 44th Street J. Press window that currently features Magee Irish Donegal Homespun Tweed replicates the window I helped set up years ago at our f...

Since 1902

The earliest years of J. Press were devoted principally to custom tailoring for those associated with Yale University. As graduates left New Haven ...

It’s Great To Be Back Home Again

“It’s never too late to have a fling, for autumn is just as nice as spring, and it’s never too late to fall in love.” Or fall back in love after ye...