What is that WASP aesthetic?

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of this is spot on. I went to a ne boarding school In the mid 90s ( not wasp);

Old j crew roll necks
Barbour jackets and barn jackets
Duck boots and llbean backpacks
Dull colors
No to low makeup
Air dried hair, mostly straight
Sun kissed look but never fake tanned
Women A bit horsey. Looks like you could be on the crew team
Men a little bit femme I the cut of the clothes
White ball caps and unkept hair in the boys
Taste in music like phish or old crew medicine show

This is spot on.

Jill Biden embodies the WASP aesthetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of this is spot on. I went to a ne boarding school In the mid 90s ( not wasp);

Old j crew roll necks
Barbour jackets and barn jackets
Duck boots and llbean backpacks
Dull colors
No to low makeup
Air dried hair, mostly straight
Sun kissed look but never fake tanned
Women A bit horsey. Looks like you could be on the crew team
Men a little bit femme I the cut of the clothes
White ball caps and unkept hair in the boys
Taste in music like phish or old crew medicine show

This is spot on.

Jill Biden embodies the WASP aesthetic.

Catholic.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of this is spot on. I went to a ne boarding school In the mid 90s ( not wasp);

Old j crew roll necks
Barbour jackets and barn jackets
Duck boots and llbean backpacks
Dull colors
No to low makeup
Air dried hair, mostly straight
Sun kissed look but never fake tanned
Women A bit horsey. Looks like you could be on the crew team
Men a little bit femme I the cut of the clothes
White ball caps and unkept hair in the boys
Taste in music like phish or old crew medicine show

This. All of this. I wouldn’t say actual WASPs are any kind of fashion icons. They do have dresses for parties but they’re not anything special. The women I know are trim but with athletic builds. They look like they could still play lacrosse or swim or jump on a horse.

No, I feel like this was also everyone at the catholic school I attended in the 90s.

Catholics definitely ape the WASP look.

Exactly who are they aping? Nobody has mentioned a real WASP yet in here, its been all Catholic and Jewish women. If this is such an iconic obvious look, why has it been so hard to identify one actual WASP who embodies it? One thing I know, skimpy bikinis, are not part of the "look."

Yes they have. See above on Brits. Think about where the "Anglo-Saxon" in WASP came from.

And Roosevelt and Bush, whom you may not consider fashion icons.

The OPs question was what do they dress and look like. If the examples are Roosevelt and Bush then that's not exactly current or relevant. So does modern WASP not exist in the US? Who in the US best exemplifies this "look" who isn't dead or 90?

W's daughter Barbara, then.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of this is spot on. I went to a ne boarding school In the mid 90s ( not wasp);

Old j crew roll necks
Barbour jackets and barn jackets
Duck boots and llbean backpacks
Dull colors
No to low makeup
Air dried hair, mostly straight
Sun kissed look but never fake tanned
Women A bit horsey. Looks like you could be on the crew team
Men a little bit femme I the cut of the clothes
White ball caps and unkept hair in the boys
Taste in music like phish or old crew medicine show

This. All of this. I wouldn’t say actual WASPs are any kind of fashion icons. They do have dresses for parties but they’re not anything special. The women I know are trim but with athletic builds. They look like they could still play lacrosse or swim or jump on a horse.

No, I feel like this was also everyone at the catholic school I attended in the 90s.

Catholics definitely ape the WASP look.

Exactly who are they aping? Nobody has mentioned a real WASP yet in here, its been all Catholic and Jewish women. If this is such an iconic obvious look, why has it been so hard to identify one actual WASP who embodies it? One thing I know, skimpy bikinis, are not part of the "look."

Yes they have. See above on Brits. Think about where the "Anglo-Saxon" in WASP came from.

And Roosevelt and Bush, whom you may not consider fashion icons.

The OPs question was what do they dress and look like. If the examples are Roosevelt and Bush then that's not exactly current or relevant. So does modern WASP not exist in the US? Who in the US best exemplifies this "look" who isn't dead or 90?

W's daughter Barbara, then.

But not Jenna?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of this is spot on. I went to a ne boarding school In the mid 90s ( not wasp);

Old j crew roll necks
Barbour jackets and barn jackets
Duck boots and llbean backpacks
Dull colors
No to low makeup
Air dried hair, mostly straight
Sun kissed look but never fake tanned
Women A bit horsey. Looks like you could be on the crew team
Men a little bit femme I the cut of the clothes
White ball caps and unkept hair in the boys
Taste in music like phish or old crew medicine show

This is spot on.

Jill Biden embodies the WASP aesthetic.

Small boobs. Manchesters.

[Anonymous]

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:

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Barbara Bush

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Skinny or slim cut denim
A lot of white denim
Solids , rare prints and only in small amounts
Simple classic jewelry (Cartier watch, diamond or pearl studs, small gold hoops)
Nude wedges
Suede ankle boots
High end riding boots
Suede pants
Scarves
Crisp white shirts
Block heels
Cashmere
Barbour
A lot of blue
A lot of white
No short skirts
Tights with tweed or similar skirt just above the knee
Manhattans or G and T
Wine
Boring food - nothing too “ethnic”
Cheese and crackers as an appetizer bonus if triscuits
Movie and game night with family
Family sport (tennis, sailing, etc)
Short nails in neutral polish if at all
Blazers
An understated French bag
Turtleneck sweaters
Fisherman knits
Irish wool
Clean no to little make up
Good skin
No hairspray
One piercing only in each ear
Engagement diamond not too large
Robert AM Stern
Bunny Willams
Tulips
Beautiful garden
Fresh herbs
Books
Black coffee
Yves Delorme
Rag wool socks
Tennis whites
Still has wall of DVDs in basement
Beautifully bound family albums
Nicely framed pictures in tables
Golden retriever or labs or Portuguese Water Dog
Cashmere wraps
Maine
North Fork
Sea Island
Orange County
Chinoiserie
Wool rich
Pendleton blankets
Bean boots

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Coral beach club

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A bathing suit you can actually swim in

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Episcopalian

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Deborah Birx, although she and her family are way more science-y than is common among WASPs.

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Cherry chapstick for lipstick

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of this is spot on. I went to a ne boarding school In the mid 90s ( not wasp);

Old j crew roll necks
Barbour jackets and barn jackets
Duck boots and llbean backpacks
Dull colors
No to low makeup
Air dried hair, mostly straight
Sun kissed look but never fake tanned
Women A bit horsey. Looks like you could be on the crew team
Men a little bit femme I the cut of the clothes
White ball caps and unkept hair in the boys
Taste in music like phish or old crew medicine show

This is spot on.

Jill Biden embodies the WASP aesthetic.

Catholic.

It's been well established that you can embody the WASP aesthetic while not being protestant

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of this is spot on. I went to a ne boarding school In the mid 90s ( not wasp);

Old j crew roll necks
Barbour jackets and barn jackets
Duck boots and llbean backpacks
Dull colors
No to low makeup
Air dried hair, mostly straight
Sun kissed look but never fake tanned
Women A bit horsey. Looks like you could be on the crew team
Men a little bit femme I the cut of the clothes
White ball caps and unkept hair in the boys
Taste in music like phish or old crew medicine show

This. All of this. I wouldn’t say actual WASPs are any kind of fashion icons. They do have dresses for parties but they’re not anything special. The women I know are trim but with athletic builds. They look like they could still play lacrosse or swim or jump on a horse.

No, I feel like this was also everyone at the catholic school I attended in the 90s.

Catholics definitely ape the WASP look.

Exactly who are they aping? Nobody has mentioned a real WASP yet in here, its been all Catholic and Jewish women. If this is such an iconic obvious look, why has it been so hard to identify one actual WASP who embodies it? One thing I know, skimpy bikinis, are not part of the "look."

Yes they have. See above on Brits. Think about where the "Anglo-Saxon" in WASP came from.

And Roosevelt and Bush, whom you may not consider fashion icons.

The OPs question was what do they dress and look like. If the examples are Roosevelt and Bush then that's not exactly current or relevant. So does modern WASP not exist in the US? Who in the US best exemplifies this "look" who isn't dead or 90?

They’re not famous! And if they are famous they don’t dress like the rest of the WASPs because that would be weird! This isn’t hard to understand. If you grow up alongside them, you know the look to a T. And it’s not fashion icon status. It’s often rumpled, two decades old, whatever. The best example of a glamorous version is Grace Kelly.