Comments on: Take Ivy

By: Ironman Carmichael

Ironman Carmichael — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:15:53 +0000

Just goes to show the world can’t resist clean-cut white college boys in Bermudas. (You could take a trip to Bermuda for what a copy of this book will cost you on the open market.) Beats those fatigue-patterned cargo shorts kids wear today with the silly drawstrings hanging down from the hems, or the polyester workman shorts which only look good on workmen, or the big floppy jeans worn down under the butt (obvious fashion statement: SPANK ME!).

Too bad J. Crew went grunge. In its heyday (when Gap and Banana Republic and A&F also had distinctive styles and didn’t blend into each other), a J. Crew catalog could give “Take Ivy” a run for its money, and it was free to boot!

By: Alex J.

Alex J. — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:42:27 +0000

I am a Columbia student. Does anyone have Take Ivy pictures that are from Columbia? Or any pictures of Columbia from that period?

By: Toni B. Nako

Toni B. Nako — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:30:22 +0000

Oh my goodness. The first picture is Nassau St. directly across from Princeton University, I bet at the corner of Witherspoon. Best places to eat were P.J.’s Pancakes and Conte’s Pizza. Wow. 1968,69. Memories! I would love to see this book.
Many of the archways look like Princeton.

By: Wintersmith

Wintersmith — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:14:25 +0000

Apologies for breaching etiquette with a body link, earlier. I’m a regular visitor to ACL so I really should have known better.

It may sound silly, but I feel a little conflicted about selling this delightful book, and would feel a lot better if it went to someone who frequents some of the same sites I do, like ACL. I also wanted to let others who enjoyed “Take Ivy” know about how much the text of the thing rocks. You may not want to participate in the auction, but I hope you’ll get some enjoyment out of the text I’ve translated and included in the listing.

Anyway, that’s my motivation for coming by and knocking on about this. I think the initial craze has died down, so hopefully, copies of Take Ivy will find their way to a greater number of hands, and the (translated, hopefully) text content will see as much dissemination as their companion photos.

By: missdk

missdk — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:25:54 +0000

These photos look so odd with no women in them! I used to live near Cambridge and it still looks very much like these pictures, but it’s filled with women. There are more women then men at Harvard!

By: Ronnie J

Ronnie J — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:06:53 +0000

I’ve seen one for sale at an japanese auction site, there’s 8 days left and the bid is currently 35.000 Yen.

I of course dont speak och read japanese so there’s not a chance for me to get it there.

Michael, i noticed that you wrote on the rugby site that you had another copy.
If you do, please name your price…

Oh, and PS, I’m sure you’ve all seen the VAN-JAC site, if notm check it out. DS

By: Michael Williams

Michael Williams — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:41:29 +0000

John,

No it doesn’t. Of course, my book was a special reproduction, so maybe the original has a ISBN…

By: John P

John P — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:35:13 +0000

Does it have an ISBN?

By: Tim E

Tim E — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:26:23 +0000

Yet another one who has forlornly been attempting to track down this book, thanks again for the Scans.
I
know Russel Street is, like myself London based as I have seen his name on one or two forum I habitually lurk, perhaps like me he laments (certainly this year!) that we cannot break out Madras shorts.

A rather nice cagoule as well, far more suitable for our native climes. All in all, this for me captures the essence of casual Ivy League style at it’s best, how I wish I’d been born 60 years earlier and on another continent!

By: DF

DF — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:24:47 +0000

I have been hunting down this book for over a year know and have not had much luck
thanks so much for the scans