Georgetown Scarves

[98hoya]

This isn't much of a thread for August, but for those of you getting your Fall/Winter wardrobe together...Last year, there was a conversation on this forum about the British-style university scarves and the absence of any in Georgetown colors. Well, I just got my catalog from J. Press, which has for years been a seller of preppy/WASPy clothing and have made the scarves in Ivy League colors. They now have a Georgetown scarf in their collection.

Check it out:

jpressonline.com/winter_gear_scarves_schoolboy_detail.php?ix=1

[hilltopper2000]

Wow. It looks like every single division, school, college, and club at Yale has its own scarf.

[98hoya]

Yup - the J. Press store is big in New Haven, and my understanding is that Yalies owe their first allegiance to their college subdivisions, hence the various options for them. I understand there's also a J. Press in G'town, but it's really a Yale establishment (there's also one near Harvard, but it's not a must-shop locale for students).

[SoCalHoya]

Very cool. Though I did get a decent quality scarf at the GU Bookstore last February for $20 or so. It was grey, and at the very end it had a Jack the Bulldog.

The J.Press scarves are classier, but $70 for a scarf (of unknown quality to me) is tough to swallow. Anyone know if these scarves are any good? And does it say Georgetown anywhere on it?

[bubbrubbhoya]

J. Press is classic American menswear, and the first shop opened in New Haven...hence the sway the shop holds over Yale and vice-versa. There are four shops now; Cambridge, New York, and DC join New Haven. The DC shop is on 18th and L or something like that, and if you haven't been in there, you are in for an experience a bit different than your average Brooks Brothers visit. They've got a couple of old-timey haberdasherie (sp?) guys in there who never got the memo that service standards have fallen in the past half-century. I recommend going late-spring or early-winter, however, as these are the times of J. Press' 25%-off sale, which is pretty clutch considering that prices are in line with the service.

[theexorcist]

This is to determine who's first up against the wall when the revolution comes, right?

[HoyaSinceBirth]

Wow we were thinking about getting scarves for some of the hoya Hooligan faithful so I was excited when i saw this thread, but ouch I don't think so. Guess we'll check out the Ones from the bookstore or yates, although i'm sure those will be over priced as well.

[StPetersburgHoya (Inactive)]

Scarves for soccer games would be awesome - great idea HSB. I think you also need to find blue flares.

[TigerHoya]

Ben Silver has GU blazer buttons and cufflinks as well as many other schools:
www.bensilver.com/fs_storefront.asp?root=4&show=46

[HoyaSinceBirth]

stpetersburghoya said:

Scarves for soccer games would be awesome - great idea HSB. I think you also need to find blue flares.

and some blue smoke bombs. or we could just go with regular smoke bombs and see how the blue flares and the gray smoke look.

[RusskyHoya]

Yates was selling a Nike package - knit gloves and a very cool Georgetown scarf for $30. I may get it yet - the reason I havn't yet is because I don't like knit gloves and I havn't worn a scarf since I was a wee little mal'chik back in Russia. As far as scarves go, though, the Nike ones were just about everything you would want in a school scarf.

[Nevada Hoya]

Remind me what are scarves for? Oh, I forgot it gets cold back east sometimes.