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Muffy Aldrich
Muffy Aldrich, Editor of Salt Water New England: The Thing Before Preppy, since 2010. And a 12th Generation New Englander.
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Love it! Not dissimilar to my own spring closet with lots of bold colours. In autumn and winter it's mainly tattersalls. I have way too many shirts but struggle to part with any of them
ReplyDeleteMy wife would kill me
ReplyDeleteAll, hopelessly not ironed.
ReplyDeleteYes, isn’t it grand ?
DeleteMinimalism is overrated!
ReplyDelete"If less is more, just imagine how much more more would be!" - Frasier Crane
DeleteQuite a smatter or Daisy Buchanon in teary breakdown again.
ReplyDeleteWhere oh where is the preppy of yesterday? : button down shirt or two frayed at the collar, school tie with a splotch of soup on it, polished leather shoes worn down at the heels, ancient tweed jacket with frizzling cuffs? that old Yankee thrift thing...use it up. wear it out. make it do or do without?
ReplyDeleteAre you suggesting Muffy should only have one or two frayed shirts in her spring closet?
ReplyDeleteAh, yes.
DeleteInverted snobbery
DeleteDear Anonymouse May 13 2:28 am. As you are undoubtedly unaware, inverted snobbery is an attitude that considers high social status, wealth, or refined taste to be bad, while taking pride in being ordinary or working-class. It is a form of prejudice where someone is dismissed, mocked, or deemed less worthy for being "posh," educated, or sophisticated. It is often used as an ego defense against social insecurity. When True Prep portrays someone in a well-worn button down or a 49 year old blazer, it has nothing to do with mocking anyone, up or down. Rather, it is an illustration of True Prep's disdain of abundant possession, refusal to participate in any fashion trend and inability to enter, let alone shop, in a mall. Please understand, we chide nobody for the simple reason that we are mostly completely oblivious, or perhaps unmindful, of persons around us who are not our kind.
DeleteYou clearly, as so often, don't know what you're talking about. It refers to people of wealth who try to portray themselves as lower class. It has nothing to do with "preppy". Oh and bye the way your definition of cacophemism in a previous thread was verbatim as per Wikipedia's definition. You obviously didn't know what it meant any more than I did and googled it. Grow up
DeleteCirquitor, you do not consider your description of True Prep to be a fashion trend which you disdain so much?
Deletewell, it's a start.
ReplyDeleteI was unfamiliar with "inverted snobbery," so I looked it up and found two different definitions. One is the working class disdain for high class or posh. Seems very British to me. The other appears (at least to me) to be about self-loathing, the high-class person rebelling against his peers and masquerading as working class. Think brainwashed Patty Hearst. So it appears Cirquitor and Anonymous May 13 are both right. Now aware of the conflicting definitions, I'll avoid the term altogether.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct. The latter definition is the one that is now more commonly used.
DeleteSimply perfect! Thank you!
DeleteI have ruminated on this a bit. The first definition makes more sense to me and is certainly more common. I think the second needs a different name, something like down caste, calloused blue blood, or slumming twit.
DeleteI believe that the first definition has become less common as the class system has completely changed in recent years (depending on where you are) and there seem to be more people these days denying their wealth. In essence I would possibly suggest it could probably refer to anyone pretending to be something they're not.
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