Threading the Needle with Richard Press

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...

3 comments

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...

3 comments
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...

6 comments

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...

6 comments
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...

13 comments

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...

13 comments
White Ducks Are Still Quacking

White Ducks Are Still Quacking

You don’t have to be a Kennedy to wear white ducks these days. Former Brown University football teammates Reiley Higgins and Alex Quoyesar continued bonding @latimes in white ducks en...

9 comments

White Ducks Are Still Quacking

You don’t have to be a Kennedy to wear white ducks these days. Former Brown University football teammates Reiley Higgins and Alex Quoyesar continued bonding @latimes in white ducks en...

9 comments
Salty Vibes

Salty Vibes

The preppy 1980s are gone with the wind. Preppy Handbook author, speaker and humorist Lisa Birnbach memorably offered the era’s final beach wear lesson in her preppy Bible: “Madras swim...

6 comments

Salty Vibes

The preppy 1980s are gone with the wind. Preppy Handbook author, speaker and humorist Lisa Birnbach memorably offered the era’s final beach wear lesson in her preppy Bible: “Madras swim...

6 comments
Cynosure of American Style

Cynosure of American Style

Since 1915 the Brooks Brothers headquarters stood entrenched on 346 Madison Avenue, the Rock of Gibraltar, warp and woof of establishment power.   Brooks Brothers even motivated my grandfather, the eponymous J. Press to...

14 comments

Cynosure of American Style

Since 1915 the Brooks Brothers headquarters stood entrenched on 346 Madison Avenue, the Rock of Gibraltar, warp and woof of establishment power.   Brooks Brothers even motivated my grandfather, the eponymous J. Press to...

14 comments