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![A visual salute to the movie men who defined American style. By <a href="http://sharpformen.com/author/xiaoli-li/">Xiaoli Li</a><div id='nr_fo_top_of_post'></div><p>Authors Tony Nourmand and Graham Marsh have recently released <a href="http://www.reelartpress.com/catalog/edition/43/hollywood-and-the-ivy-look" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.reelartpress.com']);"><em>Hollywood and the Ivy Look</em></a> (Reel Art Press Ltd., UK £45.00), a full color, 286-page pictorial book that celebrates the time when Hollywood’s leading men of the ’50s and ’60s made Ivy League style their own. Could it be considered the ultimate depiction of nerd/prep chic? Maybe, considering few men of cultural importance rocked the skinny tie better than Woody Allen or Sydney Poitier could.<em></em></p>
<p>Click through for a lesson on how men used to dress (and how they still should).</p>
<div id='nr_fo_bot_of_post'></div> <span id="pty_trigger"></span> Hollywood and the Ivy Look](http://sharpformen.com/wp-content/gallery/hollywood-and-the-ivy-look/ivylook4.jpg)