COLOR EDU TIMELINE

Based on the podcast "American Ivy" by Avery Trufelman

Ivy Style Timeline

1818

1944

1949

1945

1868-89

This is the time period of the Meiji Restoration. During this time, Japan underwent extensive "modernization." Their cultural clothings were replaced by more Western/European looks.

Brooks Brothers is founded. This marks the beginning of the globalization of an "American" fashion style.

Demand for professional women's clothing rises and Brooks Brothers introduces a pink-button up. This marks the beginning of an "Ivy style" for women.

The GI Bill of 1944 is passed. Ivy style shifted from clothing of the elite to that of the middle class.

World War II ends, and Ishizu meets O'Brien and gets his first taste of American Ivy culture. Young people are tired of war and ready for a new, comfier style

Ivy Style Timeline

1950

1959

1968

1965

1958

The Selma March is a prime example of African Americans sporting the Ivy style in a show of solidarity and protest.

The Black Panther movement and the black power fists at the 68' Olympics are key examples of how the Civil Rights Movement used Black Ivy for its cause.

The 'Oh, Mistake' incident in Japan solidifies Japanese beliefs that American culture is gang-like.

Ishizu shows up on the campus of Princeton, and his love for the American Ivy style solidifies.

Around this time Jazz musicians take up the Ivy style and redefine the concept of an Ivy style "cool." Miles Davis is a prime example of this, with his 1958 live album aaesthetic.