Threading the Needle with Richard Press

Burberry Plaid

Burberry Plaid

Since the first decade of the twentieth century, my grandfather, the eponymous Jacobi Press, established a longstanding relationship with Welch Margetson, British exporters providing him merchandise resources including woolens, worsteds...

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Burberry Plaid

Since the first decade of the twentieth century, my grandfather, the eponymous Jacobi Press, established a longstanding relationship with Welch Margetson, British exporters providing him merchandise resources including woolens, worsteds...

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Pennant Label Co-Op

Pennant Label Co-Op

Growing up in New Haven, the Yale Co-Op was an Ivy Heyday version of Target or H & M. Besides books and Yale paraphernalia the “Koop” offered lower price menswear...

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Pennant Label Co-Op

Growing up in New Haven, the Yale Co-Op was an Ivy Heyday version of Target or H & M. Besides books and Yale paraphernalia the “Koop” offered lower price menswear...

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J. Press Goes Hollywood

J. Press Goes Hollywood

Sporting his grandfather Paul Press’ 1969 custom J. Press tuxedo, my son Ben, Head of Film and TV for Coldplay star Chris Martin’s Outlyer Entertainment, attends the circuit of Oscar...

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J. Press Goes Hollywood

Sporting his grandfather Paul Press’ 1969 custom J. Press tuxedo, my son Ben, Head of Film and TV for Coldplay star Chris Martin’s Outlyer Entertainment, attends the circuit of Oscar...

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Back Where I Belong

Back Where I Belong

My farewell at J. Press five years after the sale of the family business in 1986 was orchestrated by Norbert Ford. Norbert was a charismatic entrepreneur who began his career...

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Back Where I Belong

My farewell at J. Press five years after the sale of the family business in 1986 was orchestrated by Norbert Ford. Norbert was a charismatic entrepreneur who began his career...

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Winning The Pennant

Winning The Pennant

A selfie of yours truly pictured in a J. Press Pennant Label Dartmouth Varsity Letter Jacket belies the truth.

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Winning The Pennant

A selfie of yours truly pictured in a J. Press Pennant Label Dartmouth Varsity Letter Jacket belies the truth.

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A Serendipitous Collaboration

A Serendipitous Collaboration

Over the past several years J. Press has engaged in sibling relationships engaging a range of menswear resources laying new frosting onto our Ivy cake. A recent trip down memory...

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A Serendipitous Collaboration

Over the past several years J. Press has engaged in sibling relationships engaging a range of menswear resources laying new frosting onto our Ivy cake. A recent trip down memory...

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