founded new haven connecticut 1902 headquarters new york city new york u.s. key people jacobi press founder yuki okita current ceo paul press past president and ceo products men s clothing parent onward kashiyama co. ltd. website www.jpressonline.com j. press is a men s clothier in the united states . founded in 1902 on yale university s campus in new haven connecticut by jacobi press the company now operates stores in three additional locations new york new york washington d.c. and cambridge massachusetts . j. press formerly had branches in san francisco california and princeton new jersey . the original new haven location remains the company s largest store . in 1974 the press family sold the rights to license j. press for the japanese market making it the first american brand to be licensed in japan . 1 in 1986 j. press was acquired by the japanese apparel company onward kashiyama who had previously been his licensee for 14 years . 2 japanese licensed distribution is roughly six times larger than the american made j. press . 3 contents 1 history and style 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history and style edit founder jacobi press in new haven ct. jacobi press immigrated to the us from latvia in 1896 and founded the company six years later . 4 since its founding j. press clothing has remained much the same . for example the company produces the vast majority of its off the rack jackets in the traditional three button sack style rarely found today in america and for the most part only produces plain front trousers for which the company suggests a traditional 1 3 4 cuff . fabrics are generally subdued except for traditionally bright colored items such as casual trousers and sweaters . its neckties bear traditional repp stripe foulard and paisley motifs . they also carry scarves and ties featuring motifs and colors for ivy league schools including yale s skull and bones society . j. press dress overcoats are of lambswool cashmere or camel hair or of herringbone tweed with a velvet collar in the chesterfield style . in 2000 j. press expanded its sales to the world wide web through which it offers most of its line as of 2007 . new haven store ties from the j. press spring summer 1962 catalog j. press is said to carry on a traditional ivy league style of men s clothing . 5 j. press caters most to an old fashioned preppy subculture that eschews popular culture trends . the company makes an effort not to outsource the production of its clothing to developing countries or to use synthetic materials in its line . in may 2007 j. press moved to 380 madison avenue in new york city 1 which closed indefinitely 6 in 2014 . 7 according to the preppy handbook the former store on 44th street between fifth and madison avenues was chosen because it was equidistant from the harvard club and yale club . full citation needed j. press opened another store in new york on march 1 2013 located at 304 bleecker street which carries a younger subset of its line initially named york street called by the new york times a faint outline of the original 8 and later renamed j. press blue . 9 in february 2013 the new haven store built in the french second empire style as a residence for cornelius pierpont was irreparably damaged by winter storm nemo but will be rebuilt . the company is temporarily renting a store at 260 college st. across from the shubert theatre . 10 11 on 24 february 2014 ariel ovadia and shimon ovadia who were designing clothes under the j. press york street brand left the company . 12 see also edit brooks brothers ivy league clothes paul stuart references edit a b new flagship updates j. press dnr 2007 5 7 . retrieved on may 30 2007 . belkin lisa october 27 1986 . j. press chain is bought by a japanese clothier . the new york times . retrieved 2010 10 16 . colman david june 18 2009 . dress codes ; the all american back from japan . the new york times . retrieved 2010 10 16 . family guy the richard press interview . ivy style . retrieved 2012 01 06 . j. press has catered since 1902 to the ultraconservatives of the old guard who feel brooks brothers is too trendy and women s departments are an abomination . lisa birnbach ed . 1980 . the official preppy handbook . workman publishing . isbn 978 0 89480 140 2 . p. 152 . j. press stores . retrieved 28 december 2015 . jian deleon . j. press temporarily pulls out of nyc retail scene ; york street stores unaffected . gq . jon caramanica . preppy gets a tweak . new york times . joshua espinoza . j. press york street has come to an end . complex.com . paul bass . j press plans demolition . new haven independent . carole bass . j. press will tear down building . yale alumni magazine . yi david 24 february 2014 . j. press ovadia brothers parting ways . wwd . archived from the original on march 26 2014 . retrieved 25 february 2014 . external links edit j. press official u.s. website j. press official japanese website article on the contemporary family and firm preppy the new black from the harvard crimson j. press ivy tradition worldwide sensation from the yale herald j. press takes pride in preppy clothing legacy from the yale daily news retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title j. press & oldid 712783092 categories clothing brands of the united statesclothing retailers of the united statesretail companies of the united statescompanies established in 1902companies based in new york citysuit makers1902 establishments in connecticuthidden categories articles needing more detailed references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 31 march 2016 at 03 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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