J. Press Blog: Threading the Needle by Richard Press

Rebel Without A Suit

The corona virus recession together with changing workplace fashion trends has brought Chapter 11 to several standbys that have lost their way. J. ...

1960s advertising

Sharing the Bloodline

The bloodline that courses through the Press family veins was encapsulated in the presentation of my father, Paul Press’s sport coats front stage i...

American Menswear

When Print Advertising Was King

During the Heyday of Ivy, J. Press featured a resolute advertising program of print ads that regularly adorned the top of Page Two or Three in the ...

Heyday Fraternity House on 44th Street

The 1970s were so uncertain that President Ford told New York to “drop dead.” J. Press at 16 East 44th Street refused to surrender. In 1981, the Ja...

To The Tables Down At Mory’s

J. Press New York Headquarters stands tall, shoulder to shoulder with the Yale Club on Vanderbilt and 44th Street. The Whiffenpoofs Song still cast...

Heyday Chief Of Staff

Much public acclaim during World War II was accorded Generals Douglas MacArthur and Dwight D. Eisenhower, but Chief of Staff George C. Marshall to...

American Menswear

Birth of a Salesman

They never taught me how to baste a suit at Dartmouth, but I had to learn in a hurry when Ray Jacobs got sick on the road. “The Road” was the ter...

Off-Broadway J. Press Seersucker

The new J. Press Spring/Summer Brochure regenerated my seersucker blood lust. It also rekindled my seersucker time on the off-Broadway stage.

Shoe vs. Weenie

For Yale men, Barrie Ltd. was shoe headquarters since the Isaacs brothers opened their narrow slot of a store attached to J. Press in 1934. Bob...

Springtime for J. Press and American Style

In 1980 The Official Preppy Handbook described our then family business with the following statement: “J. Press has catered since 1902 to the ultra...

Dartmouth Winter Carnival

Snow willing, the ice sculptures of Dartmouth Winter Carnival 2020 are slated to dazzle Hanoverians February 6-9th. The winter weekend celebration ...

Road Trip To Smith

Rahar’s was the 1950s home away from home for me and my pals. The watering hole served as the Northampton, Massachusetts headquarters for visiting ...