higher end preppy brands

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This blog covers higher end heritage brands that aren't marketed as "preppy" like Tuckernuck.

Some of it looks great, but pricey.

https://www.saltwaternewengland.com/

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Anonymous wrote:Spartina

Is cheap crap for 60+ age bracket.

Really? My tween girl loves their handbags and beach stuff with the prints of different places. I didn’t know they made clothes. This brand came out of the blue to us.

I’d love more insight on it if you like. Had no idea it was targeted to to older set. Lol.

What insight do you need? It is an old Betty brand. Great social marketing done by two woman on Daufuskie Island SC that blew up into a national brand. It is actually Spartina 449, Spartina for the coastal grass, 449 cottage address on Daufuskie. It is kind of the southern equivalent of Coach, soccer moms who want to carry a brand on their shoulder and not drop change on European fashion house bag and older woman who want to feel young and carry “cute” yet tacky stuff.

Ok. Thanks. I still think it’s cute stuff. I got my girl a nice tote she uses for sleepovers. Love their stuff. I’ve never seen an old woman use it.

It’s fine for little girl, it’s trendy. If I was spending that much on a tote I would get something that she could transition into teen years with, like Tumi or Mandarina Duck.

I've never seen a teen with Tumi. It's a great brand, but it's very clearly geared at professional working women.

Yes, I’d never buy it for a teen. Frankly, I think it’s a bit fusty, and I’m 42.

I wouldn’t say it’s fusty or old but it is geared very much toward the professionally dressed road warrior set. There are twenty somethings carrying tumi but they are MBB consultants who spend a lot of time in airports.

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Anonymous wrote:McLaughlin screams preppy

Or matronly, or homely, or...

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Anonymous wrote:Sid Mashburn (for men) and Ann Mashburn (for women)

Second this and Tuckernuck

Tuckernuck is selling an image- not quality clothes. It's all cheaply made and priced "preppy"

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They take very good pictures for their online ads, but the clothing itself is of shoddy quality and wayyyy overpriced

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Anonymous wrote:Spartina

Is cheap crap for 60+ age bracket.

I live in NYC and I've never heard of this brand or Tuckernuck. Just checked their sites and the clothes are awful. I imagine this is what dressing well looks like in North Carolina or West Palm Beach maybe? Not my definition of preppy I guess.

Agree. None of the individual pieces really go together and the overall "look" seems terribly outdated, like something from the height of 2013 "preppy" looks

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Anonymous wrote:Brooks Brothers

+1

Always

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Anonymous wrote:J. Press

Love J. Press.

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Anonymous wrote:This blog covers higher end heritage brands that aren't marketed as "preppy" like Tuckernuck.

Some of it looks great, but pricey.

https://www.saltwaternewengland.com/

Not op, She is classic old money, and i tried to explore her recs but i found it is such a limited, range, most of it dowdy for a modern professional wardrobe, which is unfortunate. I wanted to like her but detected little warmth in her personality and little interest in her restricted clothes. No fun.

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It doesn’t get preppier than The Andover Shop: https://www.theandovershop.com/

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Anonymous wrote:This blog covers higher end heritage brands that aren't marketed as "preppy" like Tuckernuck.

Some of it looks great, but pricey.

https://www.saltwaternewengland.com/

Not op, She is classic old money, and i tried to explore her recs but i found it is such a limited, range, most of it dowdy for a modern professional wardrobe, which is unfortunate. I wanted to like her but detected little warmth in her personality and little interest in her restricted clothes. No fun.

She has a couple good unisex sweater recs but that is it. I can't see many women wanting a men's British hunting coat or khaki pants

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Anonymous wrote:Lacoste, Kiel James Patrick

Lacoste = classic high end brand

Kiel James Patrick = millennial rich kid who figured out how to market on Instagram

(I would lump Tuckernuck and Vineyard Vines in with this....they are just ripping off a look others have created, not really adding or changing anything. It's fine, I guess, but no real reason to shop there versus Brooks, J Crew, Beans, Ralph Lauren......)

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Anonymous wrote:Lacoste, Kiel James Patrick

Lacoste = classic high end brand

Kiel James Patrick = millennial rich kid who figured out how to market on Instagram

(I would lump Tuckernuck and Vineyard Vines in with this....they are just ripping off a look others have created, not really adding or changing anything. It's fine, I guess, but no real reason to shop there versus Brooks, J Crew, Beans, Ralph Lauren......)

I've gotten a few simple, classic pieces from VV that are far better quality than anything I've gotten from J Crew in years.

I wish they'd skip the damn whale, because I'd buy more if I could avoid the logo.

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Barbour (jackets)
Burberry (sometimes)

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Anonymous wrote:Lacoste, Kiel James Patrick

Lacoste = classic high end brand

Kiel James Patrick = millennial rich kid who figured out how to market on Instagram

(I would lump Tuckernuck and Vineyard Vines in with this....they are just ripping off a look others have created, not really adding or changing anything. It's fine, I guess, but no real reason to shop there versus Brooks, J Crew, Beans, Ralph Lauren......)

Isn’t KJP not a rich kid but rather a random cop’s kid with no degree?

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Anonymous wrote:This blog covers higher end heritage brands that aren't marketed as "preppy" like Tuckernuck.

Some of it looks great, but pricey.

https://www.saltwaternewengland.com/

This. She highlights brands that are actually good quality, not just faux-preppy fast fashion.