I learned this last spring when my boys, both high school swimmers, received an email from their athletic department congratulating them on earning a varsity jacket. “That’s so exciting!” ...

The jacket’s private-school-to-public-school-to-pro-sports-to-pop-culture-to-high-fashion transition didn’t happen fast, though. The varsity’s roots are in prep and ivy culture — remember the Harvard ...

Bauer is 17 years old. Gledhill is 56 and part of a growing set of adults who are reliving the glory days of high school by purchasing varsity letter jackets. Gledhill is a graduate of T.L. Handy ...