Why this obsession with "preppy colleges"?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:you haven't noticed the trend in preppiness in the last couple years? Vineyard Vines, Tuckernuck, etc.? Kiel James Patrick being vomited all over social media?

at this dude. such a wannabe and obvious poser.

All the above brands are vomit inducing.

I know prep school kids love Lilly but that's vomit inducing too.

All style, no substance. (And the style sucks).

At least if you're gonna go prep, get the quality stuff - Barbour, Brooks Brothers, the higher end Ralph Lauren, Eddie Bauer, Lacoste..

If you wear Barbout outside a horse venue, my family will roast you.

Then your family is putting way to much thought into how others dress.

[Anonymous]

PaleoConPrep wrote:

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PaleoConPrep wrote:Because maybe there are people who like being around people who are similar to them. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I know "diversity" is a big thing for most colleges these days. If you wanna go to a super ethnically/socioeconomically diverse college, that's fine. Some people don't. Get over it.

Ah, PaleoConPrep. You've been quiet, and the parents out here have missed hearing from you. Any update about your plans?

Headed to St. John's College in Annapolis this fall.

Congrats!

I hope you have a great experience there. I have a couple of Johnnies as friends and they loved it.

[Anonymous]

I think preppyness has become sort of an aspirational thing moreso than a lifestyle , people adhere to it because of its presumed image and cache as opposed to a genuine connection . This has led to the proliferation of generations of poseurs who have co-opted the shit out of it just to use as a marker of a certain socio economic status that feeds into a barely disguised superiority complex .
I mean outside of New England and particularly the CT,MA,RI corridor , who can genuinely say they have a connection to it? Hell even in New England you'd be hard pressed to find a whole lot of people walking around in Vineyard vines, TuckerNuck, or Lilly Pulitzer . These brands have made their names by dressing people who are desperate to look and feel like people they never were .
It's amusing to say the least to see people push their snowflakes through overpriced preppy high schools and colleges , only to have them end up in cubicles like everybody else . Provided they can actually hold down jobs

[Anonymous]

PaleoConPrep wrote:Because maybe there are people who like being around people who are similar to them. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I know "diversity" is a big thing for most colleges these days. If you wanna go to a super ethnically/socioeconomically diverse college, that's fine. Some people don't. Get over it.

Diversity has always been a big thing for academia , especially on the east coast . Try not to keep your head buried in obscurity for long

[Anonymous]

"Look, Muffy, I'm dusting off my old copy of The Preppy Handbook!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think preppyness has become sort of an aspirational thing moreso than a lifestyle , people adhere to it because of its presumed image and cache as opposed to a genuine connection . This has led to the proliferation of generations of poseurs who have co-opted the shit out of it just to use as a marker of a certain socio economic status that feeds into a barely disguised superiority complex .
I mean outside of New England and particularly the CT,MA,RI corridor , who can genuinely say they have a connection to it? Hell even in New England you'd be hard pressed to find a whole lot of people walking around in Vineyard vines, TuckerNuck, or Lilly Pulitzer . These brands have made their names by dressing people who are desperate to look and feel like people they never were .

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