Flusser on the Ivy League style

- Norfolk jacket arrives in US in 1918
- separate jackets appears in 1923
- sack suits appear in 1920s
- natural shoulder adopted by Ivy Leaguers in the 1920s
- Ivy League taking fashion cues from England; Anglomania at fever pitch in 1920s/30s
- button down shirts popularized in 1920s/30s
- Oxford Bag pants popular in UK in 1925-26
- half of US men wear pinned collars in mid 1930s
- odd waiscoats popular 1928-1960s; gone by WWII among general public
- striped shetlands and madras jackets appear in late 1940s
- chinos appear in 1945-early 1950s
- Ivy League "Look" in 1950s
- centre vent becomes favoured in Ivy League in 1950s
- odd trousers lost pleats and cuffs in mid 1950s; narrow cut
- no socks become popular in 1950s
- duffle coats popular in 1950s

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