Threading the Needle with Richard Press

A Time For Tweed

A Time For Tweed

You’ve got to be kidding. Dressing like Cary Grant in his tweedy professor mode? Mimicking George Bernard Shaw or Robert Frost in times past? Here’s my Tweed Saga recounted at...

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A Time For Tweed

You’ve got to be kidding. Dressing like Cary Grant in his tweedy professor mode? Mimicking George Bernard Shaw or Robert Frost in times past? Here’s my Tweed Saga recounted at...

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A Quasi-Official Yale Man

A Quasi-Official Yale Man

Two recent posts sent my way from J. Press fandom that I haven’t seen in ages. First and foremost, the enclosed pic of my dad, Paul Press, at his York Street headquarters circa...

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A Quasi-Official Yale Man

Two recent posts sent my way from J. Press fandom that I haven’t seen in ages. First and foremost, the enclosed pic of my dad, Paul Press, at his York Street headquarters circa...

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Lord Attlee Meets Dick Press

Lord Attlee Meets Dick Press

During my senior year at Dartmouth in the winter of 1959, there occurred an unlikely Scotch Whiskey joust with Lord Attlee, former Prime Minister of England.  Clement Attlee memorably defeated Prime Minister Winston...

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Lord Attlee Meets Dick Press

During my senior year at Dartmouth in the winter of 1959, there occurred an unlikely Scotch Whiskey joust with Lord Attlee, former Prime Minister of England.  Clement Attlee memorably defeated Prime Minister Winston...

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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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