What is that WASP aesthetic?

[Anonymous]

This was...enlightening.

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Anonymous wrote:I know some old money WASPs.

Think: summer on the Cape after vacationing abroad. Skiing domestically and abroad.

They wear understated but expensive clothes, but you’d never be able to identify a brand or label. They wear the same jewelry all the time. Minimal makeup.

Winter outfit if they’re going to lunch or shopping: black trousers that appear short (wasps don’t sloppily drag hems) with high quality yet comfy leather loafers/driving Mocs with a simple cashmere sweater (gray, tan) and a gorgeously fitted wool coat that is probably many years old. An old yet pristine scarf along with a classic tote finishes off the look.

When they vacation, they wear dresses. Simple sundresses (white, navy, subtle pattern) and comfy sandals.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A little preppy, but very understated. Classics— button downs, straight-fit denim, ballet flats and low-heeled pumps by classic designers. Understated but real jewelry (pearls and classic diamond studs, preferably family heirlooms). The look can go a little bit tweedy or a little bit edgy or a little bit girly, but not too much.

Long hair, but not too long. A WASP needs a classic ponytail for tennis and that perfect wind blown look for photos near on the beach next to the summer house or out on the boat. Subtle highlights, but a WASP is not going to go super bottle blonde. Most of the Wasps I know have very shiny brown hair.

Very little makeup. Clean face. A little color from outdoor activity, as a Wasp should be spending weekends and holidays boating, skiing, or relaxing at one of their family’s or family friend’s weekend homes.

Wasp icons: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jackie Kennedy, a host of socialites who have also written for Vogue at one time or another.

You realize most of the South is concerned WASPS and many of them are very poor. WASP stands for white, Anglo Saxon, Protestant which is most of West Virginia and Appalachia. It does not necessarily mean wealthy or educated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A little preppy, but very understated. Classics— button downs, straight-fit denim, ballet flats and low-heeled pumps by classic designers. Understated but real jewelry (pearls and classic diamond studs, preferably family heirlooms). The look can go a little bit tweedy or a little bit edgy or a little bit girly, but not too much.

Long hair, but not too long. A WASP needs a classic ponytail for tennis and that perfect wind blown look for photos near on the beach next to the summer house or out on the boat. Subtle highlights, but a WASP is not going to go super bottle blonde. Most of the Wasps I know have very shiny brown hair.

Very little makeup. Clean face. A little color from outdoor activity, as a Wasp should be spending weekends and holidays boating, skiing, or relaxing at one of their family’s or family friend’s weekend homes.

Wasp icons: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jackie Kennedy, a host of socialites who have also written for Vogue at one time or another.

You realize most of the South is concerned WASPS and many of them are very poor. WASP stands for white, Anglo Saxon, Protestant which is most of West Virginia and Appalachia. It does not necessarily mean wealthy or educated.

Above poster is thinking of wealthy WASPS but statistically most wasps are not wealthy or educated as the South is mostly WASPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A little preppy, but very understated. Classics— button downs, straight-fit denim, ballet flats and low-heeled pumps by classic designers. Understated but real jewelry (pearls and classic diamond studs, preferably family heirlooms). The look can go a little bit tweedy or a little bit edgy or a little bit girly, but not too much.

Long hair, but not too long. A WASP needs a classic ponytail for tennis and that perfect wind blown look for photos near on the beach next to the summer house or out on the boat. Subtle highlights, but a WASP is not going to go super bottle blonde. Most of the Wasps I know have very shiny brown hair.

Very little makeup. Clean face. A little color from outdoor activity, as a Wasp should be spending weekends and holidays boating, skiing, or relaxing at one of their family’s or family friend’s weekend homes.

Wasp icons: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jackie Kennedy, a host of socialites who have also written for Vogue at one time or another.

You realize most of the South is concerned WASPS and many of them are very poor. WASP stands for white, Anglo Saxon, Protestant which is most of West Virginia and Appalachia. It does not necessarily mean wealthy or educated.

No, of course it doesn't.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A little preppy, but very understated. Classics— button downs, straight-fit denim, ballet flats and low-heeled pumps by classic designers. Understated but real jewelry (pearls and classic diamond studs, preferably family heirlooms). The look can go a little bit tweedy or a little bit edgy or a little bit girly, but not too much.

Long hair, but not too long. A WASP needs a classic ponytail for tennis and that perfect wind blown look for photos near on the beach next to the summer house or out on the boat. Subtle highlights, but a WASP is not going to go super bottle blonde. Most of the Wasps I know have very shiny brown hair.

Very little makeup. Clean face. A little color from outdoor activity, as a Wasp should be spending weekends and holidays boating, skiing, or relaxing at one of their family’s or family friend’s weekend homes.

Wasp icons: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jackie Kennedy, a host of socialites who have also written for Vogue at one time or another.

You realize most of the South is concerned WASPS and many of them are very poor. WASP stands for white, Anglo Saxon, Protestant which is most of West Virginia and Appalachia. It does not necessarily mean wealthy or educated.

Above poster is thinking of wealthy WASPS but statistically most wasps are not wealthy or educated as the South is mostly WASPS.

Yep. And the term has roots in the Ku Klux Klan.

https://wordhistories.net/2018/02/02/wasp-american-sociology/

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Anonymous wrote:Muffy Aldrich instagram

Can we just never bring up Muffy again? She dresses like a man. I guess "like" is a bad work because she quite literally wears mostly men's clothes. She is not a fashionable WASP icon like Carolyn Bassett, Katerine Hepburn, Jackie O

Who is this “Carolyn Bassett” that has been mentioned several times? Is she a lovely WASPY hound dog? Or could you be referring to Carolyn Bessette Kennedy? If so, please learn to spell her name. Also, as pointed out earlier, she’s Catholic. Whomp whomp. All your WASPs are belong to Jews and Catholics.

And your internet speak belongs to 2007. Please try to keep up. Oof.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's funny that we have to reach for older, or even dead, women to name a WASP who is publicly known. Here is my contribution--two women who are WASP with the P intact. Both older (my mother knows them) but still working in jobs that have a public facing angle:

Sorry, who are these women?

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Anonymous wrote:It's funny that we have to reach for older, or even dead, women to name a WASP who is publicly known. Here is my contribution--two women who are WASP with the P intact. Both older (my mother knows them) but still working in jobs that have a public facing angle:

Sorry, who are these women?

1. Executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates

2. Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum

[Anonymous]

http://amidprivilege.com/2012/09/post-high-wasps/

[Anonymous]

Google Sofia Coppola. Her black slacks with a sweater or blouse are spot on wasp. So is her short hair.

[Anonymous]

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/g28724710/queen-elizabeth-young-photos/?slide=22

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/reviews/a2119/how-you-know-youre-a-wasp/

Lame.

+1

Dull and/or ugly. The duck boots get a pass because they’re useful.

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Anonymous wrote:Gwyneth Paltrow is half Jewish. Jews really are better at everything, including being Waspy!

And Jackie is Catholic.

Gwyneth’s mom, Blythe Danner, is a mega-Wasp. Gwyneth is actually too famous to truly be a Wasp at this point, but she was definitely one in high school (a Spence girl) and certainly translates that Wasp aesthetic for the masses.

Jackie was not technically a Wasp, but she nailed the look so well she remains an icon.

Wtf? Blythe is jewish and so is Gwyneth. There is nothing WASPY about them especially the way they talk. Jewish Americans people have a VERY distinct dialect..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Muffy Aldrich instagram

Can we just never bring up Muffy again? She dresses like a man. I guess "like" is a bad work because she quite literally wears mostly men's clothes. She is not a fashionable WASP icon like Carolyn Bassett, Katerine Hepburn, Jackie O

Who is this “Carolyn Bassett” that has been mentioned several times? Is she a lovely WASPY hound dog? Or could you be referring to Carolyn Bessette Kennedy? If so, please learn to spell her name. Also, as pointed out earlier, she’s Catholic. Whomp whomp. All your WASPs are belong to Jews and Catholics.

And your internet speak belongs to 2007. Please try to keep up. Oof.

Not the point of this thread. And the classics never go out of style, dear.