New Seven-Part American Ivy Series from Noted Indie Audio Creator Avery Trufelman Takes an Alternate Look at What We Wear

Articles of Interest

NEW YORK, Dec. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Articles of Interest (AOI), a show about what we wear, has released its complete third season, featuring a new seven-part series, American Ivy from noted indie audio creator Avery Trufelman. The series, available free to listeners in Radiotopia’s Articles of Interest podcast feed and other platforms, will seek to answer how did the style that used to be known as “preppy” turn into what we now consider “classic”? The answer is long, complicated, and crosses international borders.

The first episode of AOI’s new season, American Ivy, dives into the anatomy of trends and how “preppy” is a trend that never seems to fade away (or, at least, seems to continually return throughout generations). The story then travels back in time to the origins of Brooks Brothers (the oldest clothing company in America), goes on to chronicle the rise of Ralph Lauren and talks to Lisa Birnbach, author of The Official Preppy Handbook, and goes full circle to Vampire Weekend, Kanye West, “Gossip Girl,” and the preppy revival of the aughts.

All the while, the tale goes back and forth to Japan as the entrepreneur Kensuke Ishizu imports preppy clothes to Tokyo and creates the cult classic book Take Ivy. By the conclusion of the series, preppy has taken over the…