<p>I'm well introduced to a prep, though hippies I still have a lack of knowledge about. What is the difference between a hippie and a prep? Define with a definition if possible. What are your views of a prep and hippie? Would you consider yourself to be a prep or hippie? What universities are known for preps and hippies? Which catogorey is more popular? Is the term prep or hippie offensive/ used offensively? Which catogorey would you most likely be compared to?</p>
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<p>My answers ( though I'm not sure, which is why I'm asking these questions):</p>
<p>A prep is more into fashion, easily can balance school and fun. A hippie express colors through their clothes, easy going/ like to be at a peaceful state... non over reacting, too excited, too angry. When I googled ( images) hippies I was more taken back to disco, and modern fashion with preps. I find myself more related to being considered as a prep, and liked all, if not most of the clothing I've seen on google images.</p>
<p>Wow, I don’t think I’ve heard the word “prep” since ninth grade.</p>
<p>I think I would fit into both categories and a couple others.
In regards to colleges, I would assume the ivies, fashion schools, and NYC colleges would cater to “preps” and the colleges that are located in more nature-y areas (like the Adirondacks) would probably get more “hippies.”
I think both would be abundant in the North East, though.</p>
<p>Oh wow, I hear the word prep used all the time. I’ve seen it written often on college confidential, other websites, and the term is used at school ( high school). When I say prep, I’m speaking of preppy also. Lightbulb?</p>
<p>I don’t relate being “preppy” to fashion at all. I go to college in NYC and don’t really see preppy people around campus. People here are more artsy and into fashion, there’s a lot of hipsters. </p>
<p>“preppy” makes me think of Brooks Brothers and Lacoste and people wearing pastel-colored polos with the collar popped up and khaki pants with a whale pattern from J Crew </p>
<p>Hippie makes me think of long-haired grungy looking people smoking weed.</p>
<p>stargazerlilies interesting observation. Both of your observations I have heard similar things. I do agree preps ( preppy, like hippies and hipsters) are not high fashion, I sorta though I would give a thought by stating modern fashion. Maybe more basic fashion, but material? </p>
<p>Stereotypical Preps: wealthy, from new england or the south, wears polos, j crew, northface, other expensive clothing, pearls, etc. usually golf, wear sweater vests, are members of the country club, enjoy materialistic possessions and looking youthful. vain, superficial. probably spends summers in the hamptons, frequently flies to europe on daddy’s jet, etc etc. Gossip Girl has some preppy characters.</p>
<p>Stereotypical hippies: emerged during the 1960s as liberal young people who believed in things like peace, happiness, and love and going against society’s established ideals. They’re not so prevalent anymore… perhaps just in spirit. </p>
<p>Hipsters: i guess the modern day hippie, except much more apathetic. does a lot of drugs. Can be pretty pretentious, shops at Urban Outfitters and thrift stores, likes wearing plaid, fedoras, hemp bracelets, skinny jeans, etc etc. pretentious, really into unknown indie music and indie movies, etc. They also think being hipster is really cool…</p>
<p>I disagree about preps being vain and superficial. I grew up in a preppy community in the northeast, lots of people here have summer houses in the Hamptons/Cape Cod/the vineyard. these people usually wear expensive clothes, but not really fashionable or stylish, just very clean-cut and simple in a way. </p>
<p>Now I go to NYU which has a large hipster population. Some of these hipster kids are far more pretentious, vain, and superficial than the preps I grew up with. They seem to care more about their looks and going out of your way to be “different” and think they’re “fabulous” and everyone who doesn’t listen to their indie stuff is “so mainstream”. Well, the preppy kids I know are nowhere near this superficial. They’re not into fashion, and generally look classic and clean-cut, not trying too hard. They certainly didn’t care that I didn’t dress like them (i’m very plain jane). now, these hipster kids will spend hours in front of a mirror trying to achieve that “just got out of bed” hair…funny. </p>
<p>oh it’s funny you mentioned hemp bracelets, those were popular in my high school too…i’m from the shore so it was sort of a preppy-meets-nautical/beachy vibe.</p>
<p>Hippies are people looking to have fun who don’t care what others think about them. Almost all hippies love dancing, drug use, music (jam bands), and are liberals. Older hippies won’t dance or do drugs as often but still think they are great for young people.</p>
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Agreed.
yep, hippies gave me the first impression yrs ago from south park lol. Seems that hippies are related to drug use and music band and most of them are college students. And yes again, they are liberals.
Personally I think preps are better.</p>
<p>Enjoyed reading the replies, looking for more.</p>
<p>Replying to a certain post, I though preps would be more commonly found in the midwest and west. While hippies would more commonly be found in the south and northeast. </p>
<p>Plain Jane, remember hearing the pharse somewhere… plain Jane is a typical discription of?</p>
<p>When I think of prep I think clean, crisp, vibrant colors. Loads of polos with popped collars, plaid, hair ribbons, and sweaters wrapped around the neck.</p>
but preps don’t look like everyone else…most people don’t walk around in ralph lauren and brooks brothers and lilly pulitzer…or wear khaki’s with crabs on them :p</p>
<p>coolbreeze - plain jane is just…dressing plain. jeans and a T. not really a style. although i think i’ve become less plain since college.</p>
<p>At my school, I see so many people wearing Hollister, American Eagle, Abercrombie and Fitch, etc. This is what I call low-class preppy. It makes everyone so homogenous.</p>
<p>Preppy is not about brands. Polos from AE, RL, or Kohl’s can all be considered preppy. A polo by any other name would smell as sweet. </p>
<p>Some hate preppy since they grew up around a lot of it. I didn’t but discovered it eventually. I think it’s hot!</p>
<p>Ew, gross. I dont like talking about hippies, they’re disgusting. Too much dirty icky never showerness, grass stains, unhealthy tendencies, try too hard for individuality blah. obviously, I’m only speaking of the ones I’ve seen. Not a fan. Not one bit.</p>
<p>Hippies are much better than preps. I have known both quite well and I would much rather hang out with somebody who wants to have fun and doesn’t care what other people think about them than someone who judges people based off their clothes and will only do something fun if it is considered the cool thing to do.</p>
<p>I think i’d rather hang out with the “preppy” kids from my hometown. They were so chill and laidback and didn’t judge people by what they wear. The stuff they wore was clean-cut, simple, not flashy. They didn’t care that i didn’t dress like them, they didn’t really care about “fashion”. They would never flaunt their money, they were too classy for that. </p>
<p>Now all the artsy hippie/hipster types I meet at college come off so vain and superficial. They care far more about their looks and seem more materialistic. I feel like they judge more by outside appearances and try so hard to look different, even though they all look similar. And some look trashy and smell like cigarettes (hate that smell!). </p>
<p>There’s not many “hippies” in our generation, that was back in the 60’s-70’s mostly, now they’ve become the “hipsters”. I always thought hippies were kind of dumb - “Yeah guys let’s grow our hair long and smoke weed constantly to fight the man!” If you want social reform, you don’t get it by being a bum and coming off like an angsty tween.</p>
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