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Certainly it's key to also start layering in late summer. Sweaters for her; vests for him with a monogram of his family office on the chest. Also, let's break out those corduroys no later than August 15 along with 50-year old wool socks and Bean rubber moccasins (smooth soles, of course). By September 10, the proper Prep mom will wear her wool Blazer whilst taking her children for boarding school drop off and Daddy will have his grandfather's Shaggy Dog draped across his shoulders. Finally, by September 20, full Prep layering will be key.
ReplyDeletePerhaps this was true 30 years ago, but surely not today? It's still a bit toasty from the mid-Atlantic to New England - or at least it has been when we've traveled up and down I-95 in September and early to mid-October.
DeleteJust like they prefer brown eggs, Real Vermonters don’t drape sweaters over their shoulders. We don’t know about the rest of the country.
ReplyDeleteThe sweater drape may not work in White River Junction. But it works in Capri. Where would you rather be?
ReplyDeleteWhilst 'studying' in New Haven, my Renaissance Masters Professor encouraged us to visit Italy during Spring Break. Two especially indolent classmates and I took his instruction literally and made reservations for March, flying from JFK to Rome and from there, by train, to Napoli. From Napoli we hired a driver who didn't know any Museums but had a keen instinct for the locations of Bars and Clubs in Sorrento, Amalfi and, God Bless His Soul, Capri. We found outselves at the harbor in Capri one unusually cold evening, er morning. I myself had fallen in love several times during the previous hours. My compadres, of course, knowing little of romance, spent the evening and early morning fighting the battle of who could care less. Alas, we caught the early morning Ferry to Sorrento and hailed a car back to our hotel. As the cliffs of the Island grew smaller and smaller in our view, looking back, I thought to myself, 'better here than in Vermont'.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit I've never seen any guy walking around with a sweater or sweatshirt draped over his shoulder. Only in ybe RL Polo ads.
ReplyDeleteNever a sweatshirt.
ReplyDeleteStudies have shown it’s impossible to drape a sweater over your shoulders if you’re not holding a drink in your hand.
ReplyDeleteIt hasn’t been mentioned there is a proper way to drape a sweater over your shoulders. The draped sleeves must be tied in an overhand knot across the upper chest. People shouldn’t criticize. There is nothing wrong with this look. It is indeed popular not only in Capri but also that most sophisticated of Italian cities, Siena.
ReplyDeleteAnon 6:51 interesting you bring up Siena. Do people sometimes confuse sophistication with arrogance? I asked once an Italian from Verona “what is the most arrogant place in Italy?” He said, “well Romans are arrogant, Florentines are arrogant, Venetians are arrogant, the Milanese are arrogant. But I think the most arrogant are the people from Siena.” À while later I asked the same question to a youngish, 40’s, gent from Florence. He said right away, “the people from Sicily and Naples are just regular people. But the people from Florence are arrogant.” I said “what about Siena?” He turned to me with a big smile and said “Yes! The people from Siena are very arrogant!”
ReplyDeleteCan we stay closer to home? Are the people from Manchester-by-the-Sea arrogant? What about anyplace in Litchfield County? Someone once told me people from Butte, Montana “are always looking for a fight.” It takes more than money to cultivate arrogance. What about Greenwich? Is it too cosmopolitan to be the most arrogant? Maybe Darien?
ReplyDeleteExcuse me, but what does draped sweaters have to do with Butte, Montana? Somehow, I miss the connection.
DeleteAnyway, I think if you lived in Butte I'm sure you would be ready to fight too - it's such an ugly place.
We seem to have drifted far off the suggested track.
ReplyDeleteSomewhat of a drift, yes. But still related to the draped sweater which has always, it seems, been a staple of prep. I saw my first of the season yesterday morning in church. A gentleman had draped sort of a lime green color sweater over his white OCBD. There was a welcome wee chill in the air here in the northwest corner. It was just the right temperature, I thought, for doing the first drape of the season. But it does seem there are strong feelings about draping. Some consider the look a bit precious. For others it’s about practicality. Might not these opinions, of both drapers and non drapers, be construed as arrogant?
ReplyDeleteI guess I have always stuck to tan, blue and white and a little color occasionally. mixed in. From mid autumn through early spring tattersalls with greens and natural colors or as someone would say, lack of color.
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