Threading the Needle with Richard Press

J. Press & All That Jazz

J. Press & All That Jazz

Here’s addenda to the introduction I penned for the hot off the press 2021 Fall & Winter Brochure featuring J. Press and Jazz, a syndrome I personally experienced during my...

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J. Press & All That Jazz

Here’s addenda to the introduction I penned for the hot off the press 2021 Fall & Winter Brochure featuring J. Press and Jazz, a syndrome I personally experienced during my...

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September Song

September Song

Kurt Weill, the haunting German and later American theatrical composer penned his memorable September Song for Broadway, but its weathered lines might just as well have been savored in the...

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September Song

Kurt Weill, the haunting German and later American theatrical composer penned his memorable September Song for Broadway, but its weathered lines might just as well have been savored in the...

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It All Starts With A Good Foundation

It All Starts With A Good Foundation

Perhaps at some future time historians may refer to Threading The Needle for cultural insight regarding the Heyday Of Ivy in the same way the Preppie Saga is characterized by...

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It All Starts With A Good Foundation

Perhaps at some future time historians may refer to Threading The Needle for cultural insight regarding the Heyday Of Ivy in the same way the Preppie Saga is characterized by...

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When Clothes Made The Yale Man

When Clothes Made The Yale Man

  A longtime Yale pal periodically sent me bits from his alumni magazine that he knew would buzz me. Here is my favorite bit reflecting obvious changes that have occurred...

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When Clothes Made The Yale Man

  A longtime Yale pal periodically sent me bits from his alumni magazine that he knew would buzz me. Here is my favorite bit reflecting obvious changes that have occurred...

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Polo Shirt Sprezzatura

Polo Shirt Sprezzatura

In 2013 the blizzard Nemo literally brought down the roof of the historic J. Press headquarters at 262 York Street. A framed picture of my dad, Paul Press, in tennis...

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Polo Shirt Sprezzatura

In 2013 the blizzard Nemo literally brought down the roof of the historic J. Press headquarters at 262 York Street. A framed picture of my dad, Paul Press, in tennis...

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Well Dressed Tranquility

Well Dressed Tranquility

Essayist and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in 1850, ”Being perfectly well-dressed gives one a tranquility that no religion can bestow.” Pandemic lockdown hardly promotes tranquility. The number of remote...

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Well Dressed Tranquility

Essayist and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote in 1850, ”Being perfectly well-dressed gives one a tranquility that no religion can bestow.” Pandemic lockdown hardly promotes tranquility. The number of remote...

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