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\n\tIvy League is alive and well \u2014 at least among the fans of Jack Carlson, the new president and creative director of J. Press.<\/p>\n
\n\tCarlson, the founder of Rowing Blazers, who sold and exited his brand earlier this year, drew a room full of plaid, navy blazer and repp tie wearing guests to the Explorers Club on Thursday morning to check out his first collection for the retailer.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI wasn\u2019t sure what I wanted to do after I left Rowing Blazers,\u201d Carlson said before the show. \u201cI thought maybe I\u2019d move to California and write books.\u201d But when J. Press approached him about reinventing its collection, he was all in.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve been a fan of J. Press since high school,\u201d he said. \u201cIt has a great history. So many designers are inspired by the Ivy look, but J. Press invented it. However, in the past few years, it\u2019s moved away from its core ethos.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tHe set out to change that, and wanted to make his debut during New York Fashion Week, he said, so he could properly showcase J. Press as \u201cthe standard-bearer of classic American menswear and Ivy League style.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThat\u2019s just what he did.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe collection showcased all the signature looks of the preppy Ivy League uniform: navy blazers with gold buttons, tweed sport coats, oxford shirts, chinos with animal prints, corduroy pants in a variety of colors and plaid toggle coats. And there were also updates to the company\u2019s Shaggy Dog sweater, offered in a variety of colors and patterns.<\/p>\n
\n\tWhile there were no surprises, Carlson\u2019s touch updating recognizable, classic pieces provided a shot of modernity to the line. Case in point: a traditional waistcoat was created in fire-engine red that he paired with a vibrantly striped vest and black tuxedo pants.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cNot many Old School menswear brands are as colorful as J. Press,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cSo I wanted to lean into that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe show featured a mix of models and friends of Carlson and the brand, which helped to make the collection look even more authentic. \u201cIt\u2019s a fun and eclectic cast, not so serious,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t want a bunch of frowning, chiseled models, but rather something more academic and wrinkled.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ivy League is alive and well \u2014 at least among the fans of Jack Carlson, the new president and creative director of J. Press. Carlson, the founder of Rowing Blazers, who sold and exited his brand earlier this year, drew a room full of plaid, navy blazer and repp tie wearing guests to the Explorers Club on Thursday morning to check out his first collection for the retailer. \u201cI wasn\u2019t sure what I wanted to do after I left Rowing Blazers,\u201d Carlson said before the show. \u201cI thought maybe I\u2019d move to California and write books.\u201d But when J. Press approached him about reinventing its collection, he was all in. \u201cI\u2019ve been a fan of J. Press since high school,\u201d he said. \u201cIt has a great history. So many designers are inspired by the Ivy look, but J. Press invented it. However, in the past few years, it\u2019s moved away from its core ethos.\u201d He set out to change that, and wanted to make his debut during New York Fashion Week, he said, so he could properly showcase J. Press as \u201cthe standard-bearer of classic American menswear and Ivy League style.\u201d That\u2019s just what he did. The collection showcased all the signature looks of the preppy Ivy League uniform: navy blazers with gold buttons, tweed sport coats, oxford shirts, chinos with animal prints, corduroy pants in a variety of colors and plaid toggle coats. And there were also updates to the company\u2019s Shaggy Dog sweater, offered in a variety of colors and patterns. While there were no surprises, Carlson\u2019s touch updating recognizable, classic pieces provided a shot of modernity to the line. Case in point: a traditional waistcoat was created in fire-engine red that he paired with a vibrantly striped vest and black tuxedo pants. \u201cNot many Old School menswear brands are as colorful as J. Press,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cSo I wanted to lean into that.\u201d The show featured a mix of models and friends of Carlson and the brand, which helped to make the collection look even more authentic. \u201cIt\u2019s a fun and eclectic cast, not so serious,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}