TAKE IVY

Teruyoshi Hayashida
TAKE IVY

Photographs: Teruyoshi Hayashida

Publisher: Fujingahosha

139 pages

Year: 1973

Comments: Hardcover under dust jacket, 24,7 x 18,2, b&w and color photographs. Second edition of 1973 (First edition in 1965). In very good condition other than traces of use, foxing and yellowing of the paper. Text in Japanese. EARLY COLORS.

Described by The New York Times as, “a treasure of fashion insiders,” Take Ivy was originally published in Japan in 1965, setting off an explosion of American-influenced “Ivy Style” fashion among students in the trendy Ginza shopping district of Tokyo. The product of four sartorial style enthusiasts, Take Ivy is a collection of candid photographs shot on the campuses of America’s elite, Ivy League universities. The series focuses on men and their clothes, perfectly encapsulating the unique academic fashion of the era. Whether lounging in the quad, studying in the library, riding bikes, in class, or at the boathouse, the subjects of Take Ivy are impeccably and distinctively dressed in the finest American-made garments of the time.

Take Ivy is now considered a definitive document of this particular style, and rare original copies are highly sought after by “trad” devotees worldwide.

- Text from the publisher Powerhouse