The following writing is in response to American Ivy chapters 2 and 3. In both of these episodes, narrator Avery Trufelman explores the history of Ivy and how it became so prominent.. She starts in 1800’s Japan, who under new rule, are attempting to modernize. She follows the life of Kensuke Ishizu, a fashion trailblazer who eventually found Ivy style while touring Princeton University. She proceeds to show how Ivy has been involved and influenced by many major historical timestamps. For example, during the Civil Rights Movement, we see the creation of Black Ivy, a creative spinoff of the original to match the energy of the revolution people were creating. It all seems to have played in with choosing an identity. Trufelman also makes a point to show how Ivy was influenced by ready to wear clothing. It became a representation of the shift of accessibility to fashion from only the elite, to the working class.
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Conclusion
With all of the historical information at hand, I have concluded that what has made Ivy so invincible throughout the past decades, is its ability to be construed to different identities. Ivy became a style for the common person to identify with one another in a way that had not been possible before.