Take Ivy

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The Take Ivy book has become pretty famous. It’s a 1965 Japanese photobook of the fashion/lifestyle at Ivy League Universities. In recent years it became rare and quite collectable. Now it has been re-released and translated into English.

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I think there might be a bit too much hype around the book. Probably hype around its previous rarity, rather than what it contains. It does seem to have captured some of the feeling of what it would have been like to live in the original preppy ivy league.