Threading the Needle with Richard Press

Back On Campus

Back On Campus

Nearly nine years since they had to vacate their longtime York Street home due to damage from a winter storm, J. Press is returning to the Yale campus Broadway area....

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Back On Campus

Nearly nine years since they had to vacate their longtime York Street home due to damage from a winter storm, J. Press is returning to the Yale campus Broadway area....

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The Bells Toll For Herman

The Bells Toll For Herman

Sixty-five years have passed since Herman the Dachshund, beloved Chi Phi (now Chi Heorot) mascot was laid to rest in the backyard adjacent to the fraternity’s parking lot before a...

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The Bells Toll For Herman

Sixty-five years have passed since Herman the Dachshund, beloved Chi Phi (now Chi Heorot) mascot was laid to rest in the backyard adjacent to the fraternity’s parking lot before a...

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A Family Affair

A Family Affair

My grandfather Jacobi Press, eponymous 1902 founder of J. Press, would have been honored by the propitious wardrobe bearing his original label worn by 4th and 5th generation Presses for...

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A Family Affair

My grandfather Jacobi Press, eponymous 1902 founder of J. Press, would have been honored by the propitious wardrobe bearing his original label worn by 4th and 5th generation Presses for...

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The 2000-Year-Old Man On 44th Street

The 2000-Year-Old Man On 44th Street

Reading the newly released Mel Brooks book “All About Me” recalled my hysterical weeping years ago when hearing his LP record The 2,000-Year-Old Man, a multitude of comedy sketches he...

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The 2000-Year-Old Man On 44th Street

Reading the newly released Mel Brooks book “All About Me” recalled my hysterical weeping years ago when hearing his LP record The 2,000-Year-Old Man, a multitude of comedy sketches he...

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The Casualties of Casual

The Casualties of Casual

Cruising down memory lane my dissatisfaction with current menswear depiction brings to mind Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s oft quoted phrase, “Defining Deviancy Down,” however differential the sociology. Although I rarely comment...

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The Casualties of Casual

Cruising down memory lane my dissatisfaction with current menswear depiction brings to mind Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s oft quoted phrase, “Defining Deviancy Down,” however differential the sociology. Although I rarely comment...

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Yale Club 1929

Home At The Yale Club

The pandemic has obviously complicated Manhattan lifestyle, affecting retail stores, restaurants, saloons and obviously contributing to the current demise of the NYC Princeton Club. The Princeton Alumni Weekly, October 29th,...

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Home At The Yale Club

The pandemic has obviously complicated Manhattan lifestyle, affecting retail stores, restaurants, saloons and obviously contributing to the current demise of the NYC Princeton Club. The Princeton Alumni Weekly, October 29th,...

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