The Savvy Prepster

I lifted this little gem from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
http://knoxnews.com/news/2007/sep/13/preppy-loosens-up/.

What kind of savvy prepster are YOU?



WHAT TODAY'S SAVVY PREPSTER IS WEARING

CLASSIC AMERICAN PREPPY (men)

* rep ties
* sack suits (seersucker, poplin for summer; gray flannel for winter)
* Brooks Brothers
* J. Press
* Sperry Topsiders (preferably held together with duct tape)
* Lacoste shirts
* Ralph Lauren polo Shetland pullover sweaters
* madras (dark, not pastel)
* Nantucket reds (preferably faded to pink)

CLASSIC AMERICAN PREPPY (women)

* Lime-green golf skirts
* Lacoste shirts with popped collars
* Lilly Pulitzer "Jackie Kennedy" shift
* Cardigan cable-knit sweaters tied around shoulders
* Mummy’s pearls
* Gold shell earrings
* 14K heavy gold bracelets
* Bangles and/or chains, preferably somewhat dinged-up
* Jack Rogers sandals
* Grosgrain ribbon belts
* Fair-isle sweaters from Trimingham’s in Bermuda

HIP-HOP PREPPY WEARERS

* T-Pain
* Kanye West
* Andre 3000
* Pharrell

UPDATED PREPPY

* Ralph Lauren polo shirt (with large size polo player)
* Vineyard Vines
* J. McLaughlin
* J. Crew
* Tory Burch
* Clothes with '60s-, '70s-era decorative art: geometric shapes, zigzags and Deco (think decorators David Hicks, Billy Baldwin)
* David Yurman jewelry
* Anthropologie

CASUAL UPDATED PREPPY

* North Face or Columbia outerwear, vests, jackets (ski-lift tickets attached)
* baggy khakis
* Buzz by Jane Fox: tote bags, belts, flipflops
* Patagonia fleece
* Reef sandals
* Eliza B. flip-flops

EURO PREPPY

* Anything Banana Republic (fitted)
* Quilted vests
* Barbour wax jackets
* Wellies

POPULIST, AFFORDABLE PREPPY

* L.L. Bean
* Bass Weejuns
* The Gap (since Rachel Zoe signed on as a consultant)
* American Eagle