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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The question was not “who is a famous WASP.” The question was what is the aesthetic. People are answering that and one poster, who really wants everyone to know that Catholics also dress simply and elegantly, keeps noting that many of the famous examples are catholic or other.

Catholics ape WASPs. WASPs in the US, to a certain extent, ape the British landed gentry.

I think the reason people want to look like WASPs is that we recognize that despite their frequent frumpiness or shabbiness that they have money and confidence. In some ways that’s easier than trying to “look rich” with lots of expensive designer clothes. [/quote]

The question was in the present tense but almost all of the examples are of old/dead people. The varying examples and definitions aren't even universally agreed upon. So it's coming across like a style for rich old white women from decades ago who are mostly dead since nobody younger really dresses like that anymore. I'm not getting the sense anybody below a certain age is emulating any "WASP" style. They wear more makeup, show more skin, and don't wear tweed or quilted barn jackets.[/quote]

Agreed. I’m from CT and went to Boarding school and WASPs are my people. Wearing LL Bean or Lands End or Talbots is ver 1980s. Tuckernuck and similar stores are much more to the taste of modern, younger WASP women. When we want to recreate, we wear Patagonia or Northface and more than happy to thrown on some Lulu or Athleta for leisurewear.[/quote]

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