Ivy League is alive and well — at least among the fans of Jack Carlson, the new president and creative director of J. Press.

C arlson, the founder of Rowing Blazers, who sold and exited his brand earlier this year, drew a room full of plaid, navy blazer and repp tie wearing guests to the Explorers Club on Thursday morning to check out his first collection for the retailer.

“I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do after I left Rowing Blazers,” Carlson said before the show. “I thought maybe I’d move to California and write books.” But when J. Press approached him about reinventing its collection, he was all in.

“I’ve been a fan of J. Press since high school,” he said. “It has a great history. So many designers are inspired by the Ivy look, but J. Press invented it. However, in the past few

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