J. Press Blog: Threading the Needle by Richard Press

The Music Of My Misspent Youth

I remember it well, the music of my misspent youth. During the Eisenhower years, Manhattan was an island of social, economic and cultural equanimi...

Employee of the Year…. For Fifty Years

Felix Samelson often remarked to me, “I survived the camps because I was lucky, and I was also lucky your grandfather was in New York, not in his N...

The Secret Vice

om Wolfe, white-suited chronicler of American culture, disclosed The Secret Vice in a 1966 essay published in The New York Herald Tribune. “At Yale...

Cash Sale Mayhem

Walking the sidewalks of New York uptown and down, the shop windows are ablaze with End of Season Sale notices reminding me of the mayhem that foll...

The Dartmouth Blazer Brawl

My days at Dear Old Dartmouth began on a September morn 64 years ago with Dad twisting his way along the old Route 5 in his Buick Super convertible...

Pants On Fire

During my earlier reign at J. Press in our old Madmen shop on 44th Street west of Madison Avenue, I was often interviewed by the Daily News Record,...

Paul Press Meets Dr. King

In 1961 my father was asked by the leader of Congregation Mishkan Israel to make a pickup at the New Haven train station. The arriving passenger, s...

Out on the Town with Sinatra

“So Richie,” Frank Sinatra said to me after fitting one of his J. Press suits fifty years ago, “maybe you and your gal can meet me at Quo Vadis on ...

Thirty Years in the Nation’s Capitol

The J. Press roots in the Nation's Capitol serving both political parties goes back to 1946 when the company's Washington retail travel exhibits pr...

The Winds of War

I was six years old in 1944 when Grandfather Jacobi set up chairs and blankets for us to watch the Christmas Day Parade from the balcony in front o...

Lulu’s Back In Town

Kurt Vonnegut, author, playwright and “cultural critic at a critical moment,” kept several J. Press Tuxedos in his closet. A longtime loyal custome...

Headquarters For Harris Tweed

All Harris Tweeds are not created equal. Bolts of the fabric earmarked especially for J. Press impart the hardy robust character and inimitable ear...