<p>May I thrown in Armani and Luis Vuitton as well.</p>
<p>I thought preps were more for subtle, classic looks--therefore ruling out the more obviously wealthy brands like Armani and LV?</p>
<p>Well I was thinking not so much the clothing, but the bags and shoes to be specific. Kind of the the lacoste shoes.</p>
<p>UGH. Madras! Someone who pulls off madras is a true prep.</p>
<p>And I consider United Colors of Benetton to be old school & new school preppy.</p>
<p>I would say Armani/LV/Gaultier/Givenchy/et al is more the yuppies' thing.</p>
<p>& sometimes, it gets hard to distinguish the yuppies from the preps & vice versa.</p>
<p>And I don't think anyone mentioned Paul Stewart. That is like the prep look epitomized for middle-aged people. Prep doesn't mean just YOUNG, you know.</p>
<p>Oooh and I just remembered the wonderful I-zod. My father forced me to buy one and I loved it. No one around here seems to know the brand though. I'm not sure if it would be considered preppy. I'm just trying to strech my mind.</p>
<p>I-zod used to make what we now know as Lacoste polos until Lacoste bought the alligator logo from I-zod, so maybe that's what you mean?</p>
<p>Sure. I like I-zod and Lacoste.</p>
<p>i love ralph lauren! its non-slutty, comfy and cute.</p>
<p>i like clothes...that fit. i hate it when people wear jeans too tight and shirts too small, and thus show off excess pounds around the midsection. In addition, you can make any clothes, regardless of the brand, look great if you have some sense of style and the confidence to wear to it well. I seriously can't tell the difference, unless I look at the tag and if i ingnore the alligator/ moose symbol, of a polo shirt from lacoste or abercrombie or perhaps even walmart.</p>
<p>well some ppl insist that u dont have to be wealthy to be preppy, but i think that if you are not well-to-do and still insist on buying hundred-dollar shirts, well, that's just dumb.</p>
<p>oh yes, and its certainly true that a&f, hollister, american eagle, are not "preppy". preppy just basically means classic. but like someone said, that doesnt mean that those brands are trashy or anything. i love a&f!</p>
<p>Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm -- this is funny to read after all these years - preppy marketing ploys - ridiculous ------- but the real McCoy do not buy "new". They wear their older siblings' Lily Pulitzers skirts & Pappagallos & khakis ( frayed from use , not storemade ) , their father's old boat moccasions and LaCoste's , their mothers' cable knits and old alligator strapped Cartiers and London Fogs , their Grandmothers' pearls and their Gramps's Tweeds from England /Ireland. Very big on resoling Birkenstoks and wearing hand-me-downs and look for tennis/squash rackets , clubs in Gramps' closets and kids' clothes at the Junior league shops . However, might buy a new ( very colorful printed or black ) dress for the charity fundraiser , though</p>
<p>Lacoste shirts were named after (and worn by, I believe) Rene Lacoste, the French tennis ace, who along with three other noted players, and fellow country men, of his day, formed the legendary Four Musketeers in the 1930's.</p>
<p>The shirt was always originally made in France and named, aptly, "Chemise Lacoste". Izod got into the act somehow and the difference in quality was plain to see. I believe they introduced color variations for the alligator (I specifically recall 'blue'), whereas the original French shirt only sported a green alligator (and always mother-of pearl buttons!). If you have any of these they are the genuine article. Now, of course , they cost around seventy dollars, but thirty or so years ago they could be had for seven dollars and fifty cents!</p>
<p>i'd say preps wear sweaters and sweatervests, polos, and play sqaush or polo, ha</p>
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<p>First of all, I'm from New England and I go to prep school. I wouldn't consider myself a true prep, I don't have the money to buy things from stores like The Andover Shop, J. Press or Ben Silver. But, quite a few of my friends play squash, summer on Nantucket and wear their madras and seersucker shorts.
Where I go to school, Phillips Andover, is NOT a great representation of preppy kids. There is no dress code, and it is very big and diverse in comparisons to some other New England Preps. A better example of a very preppy school is Brooks School in North Andover. </p>
<p>People at our school wear several different types of clothes:
1) 1st thing they see after waking up
2) Hip Hop/ Urban Wear
3) Abercrombie/AE/AF
4) Urban Outfitters type clothing
5) Preppy (J.Crew, Polo Ralph Lauren)
6) True Preppy (not big name labels, Andover Shop, J.Press, grosgrain belts)</p>
<p>In middle class america preppy is abercrombie/ae/af</p>
<p>I would not consider those brands preppy. However they do carry some preppy items. American Eagle came out with a seersucker and a madras skirt this season. They also made pants that closely resembled Nantucket Reds. A&F is less preppy. Their clothing is too tight and revealing to be considered preppy.</p>
<p>abercrombie is not preppy! its "trendy"</p>
<p>So many people around where I live, regardless of their financial status, wear A & F and Hollister. The best word I can think of to describe these stores would be commonplace.</p>
<p>preppy people dress well :]</p>