What J. Press is known for
Ivy League clothier founded in 1902 near Yale's campus by Jacobi Press, credited with popularizing the natural-shoulder 'sack suit' and Shaggy Dog shetland sweater. NYC flagship sits by the Yale Club at 51 E 44th St; second shop at 501 Madison Ave.
J. Press was founded in 1902 in New Haven, Connecticut, by Jacobi Press, a Latvian immigrant who partnered with local tailor Herman Goldbaum to open a shop serving Yale's undergraduates. The company became closely associated with the 'Ivy League look' - natural-shoulder, undarted sack suits, Harris Tweed jackets, flap-pocket oxford shirts, and reversible balmacaan coats. By the 1920s the shop's reputation extended to cultural figures including Cary Grant and Duke Ellington. J. Press also built a second life in Japan: its clothing appeared in the 1965 photo book 'Take Ivy,' fueling a decades-long 'Ametora' fashion obsession there. In New York, the brand's flagship operates at 51 East 44th Street, across from Grand Central Terminal, with a second shop at 501 Madison Avenue.
How ORBIS reads this city
Best for — True Ivy oxford shirts.
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