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The Modern Guide to The Thing Before Preppy
Muffy Aldrich
Editor, Salt Water New England - The Modern Guide to The Thing Before Preppy, since 2010. From a 12th Generation New Englander.
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I'm guessing there's a story behind the second one.
ReplyDeleteThe plaid one for day wear and second for evening wear.
ReplyDeleteThe second one seems more appropriate for Long Island.
ReplyDeleteOof, the insults are flying!
DeletePlaid -- absolutely classic.
ReplyDeleteBlackwatch tartan, hands down.
ReplyDeleteBlackwatch, absolutely.
ReplyDeleteBlackwatch tartan
ReplyDeleteNo need to pick just one - Wear the "Blackwatch" for Christmas, and the "Hermes" on New Year's Eve!
ReplyDeleteGreat solution
DeleteI agree.
DeleteRe: the Long Island comment: this is the problem with having a geographically centered mental block about our lifestyle portrayed so wonderfully in the blog. What may appear to be gaudy or extravagant on one person could look subdued and elegant on another. It doesn’t matter if the person is standing in Long Island or Phoenix or La Jolla or Houston, etc. It matters who the individual is. Both of these would look great depending on the occasion. And neither will look “off” on our hostess. There was a great comment in the “Preppiest State” post the other day: it is all about your state of mind. If you need to tie this lifestyle to a locale, I feel sorry for your major insecurities.
ReplyDeleteWell said. In Texas, I picture a thin, chin-length blonde woman with a string of pearls and simple pearl studs.
DeleteThe black watch looks like a piece of a barbershop quartet outfit. The Hermès has panache.
ReplyDeleteBlackwatch for the "win" on Christmas Eve!
ReplyDeleteI am glad to host an Hermes shop here in Princeton but does Hermes qualify as preppy?
ReplyDeleteVintage Hermès would arguably be classed as elegant and traditional in a European sense, but hardly "preppy". I have my grandfather's Hermès saddle from the 1930s, from when he spent time in France and Germany, which the family is reluctant to get rid of, and their saddlery and harnesses have always been top class. Of the vintage bags, I believe the supremely elegant Constance could easily be considered preppy, with the more casual Evelyne as borderline trad (it used a similar saddle stitch used for the harnesses) and acceptable. However, with no offense to Grace Kelly and Jane Birkin, the Kelly bag and the later and even more pervasive Birkin are not at all preppy and are a little too "designer" to be truly elegant. It also partnered with Brazilian showjumper Nelson Pesoa for its saddles. Its silk carré scarves were also acceptable as traditional. The quality was exceptional, but there are other brands that make more interesting silk scarves for decades now. In fact, new Hermès (from the 80s onwards) has become a little too designer, too self-conscious, too posh, too ubiquitous to be traditional or truly elegant, let alone preppy. It is also too Continental, hence my original argument that it isn't preppy. By the way, the only Hermès products I continue to buy are its classic perfume, Calèche and Amazone.
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