Word: chipps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chipp, "The Gentleman's Tailor," at 73 1/2 Mt. Auburn st., may be evicted Tuesday in favor of a higher paying prospective tenant according to Jonas Arnold, the manager. He will take the case to court, and, in the event of a loss, will move his haberdashery to his other Cambridge store, Tweeds Ltd. at 33 Brattle...
...stooped way down, touched his fists to his shoclaces, and then straightened with a jump. "Harvard!" he called--to the green bags going to class who didn't turn around; to the gray flannels coming back from Chipp's who just waved and shifted their bundles. Vag gathered up a handful of leaves, started forward, one-two, stopped, spun and then punted over the nearest convertible. The leaves scattered across the canvas but before they were still, Vag was off down Mt. Auburn on the run, leaping to touch the magenia flags with his fingertips. "Har--vard!" he called...
...talk my way out of this espionage business by telling the Editor that I wear Chipp suits, button-down shirts, and club ties, sport a crew cut, and talk with a broad-A, and anyone who does all those things surely comes from Harvard, and even the people at Dartmouth would spot me a mile...
...that time known many ivy-towerish characters, but he still recalled his start of surprise at walking into Sturdy's room and finding ivy growing on the inside walls, deep and luxuriant. Sturdy it was who started the fad of the costs of many tailors: sleeves by Chipp, lapels by Press, pockets by Brooks, and so on. The thing had started as a gag, but Sturdy saw to it that it mushroomed, and Vag was still shamefaced about having bought one just to string along with the boys...
...group." This "congenial group" motto is the real secret of the custom tailor. It is a group made up of boys who have known each other as children, gone to the same schools, become even closer in college and who will stick together in the business world after college. Chipp, Press and Ross sell them blazers while they are still in school, follow up this acquaintanceship from the time they graduate till they die . . . and more often than not, a man has mortgaged his soul to the friendly tailor with the Glen Urquhart plaids, Vavasseur silks, and hand-woven Shetlands...