Take Ivy

Corduroy slacks disgust me

Black leather jackets are vile

Long greasy hair and blue suede shoes

Transform my blood to bile.

If you want everyone to accept you

As a modern American male

You must dress the way the magazines say

They dress at Harvard and Yale

The Ivy League Look (excerpt) by Clark Gesner

Of all sartorial publications and materials, there has never been one as elusive and as rare as Japanese photographer, Teruyoshi Hayashida's Take Ivy. What has constituted the Ivy League Bible for the Japanese baby boomers, who were very much into the whole Ivy League Look, has been a very rare find in the West and has garnered auction prices as high as $2000. However there is very good news on the horizon as PowerHouse Books has announced that they will be republishing the famous book this August and it will sell for just $16.47(You can imagine my relief, as the only old edition found on the internet was selling for almost $500 on eBay). You can also pre-order it on Amazon: Take Ivy (Powerhouse Books)  Until then however, I give you the book in an online readable format, courtesy of The Trad. Enjoy and look out for it in August! 

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