I saw this guy coming onto a bus in Oxford, wearing leather loafers (no socks), a matching belt, a red and white oxford shirt tucked into his rolled up khaki trousers (this was before this look became "in style"), carrying graduation robes. HE LOOKED SO YUMMY!
This style is simply elegant and smart! I best like clothes designed by Tommy Hilfiger, but such Zara has some interesting pieces of clothes like that, too.
omg... the guys especially bring back so many memories of boarding school... [btw, that scruffy dude with goatie would be considered boho prep... borderline... lol]
im tryin to go preppy. but i dont know how to match the clothes up. the colors they wear doesn't go together. but they make it look good. how do i do that?
...It's all about an unstudied, relaxed chic. I am not a prep myself; I did however go to an elite prep school, so the aesthetic is forever imprinted in my psyche.
there is something so inspiring about preppy styles :) I'll take a guy in a nice blazer any day over T-shirts and jeans. I noticed Chuck Bass was in this video, but where was Blair?? lol
i always thought that people who dressed this way were all rude and snobby, but looking at the comments on some of these videos im very happy to be proven wrong. :)
@turnerc04 Just wear them. As you noticed, preppies clothes don't have to match exactly but they are always cordinated. If the pieces you are wearing are classic and "preppy" then you shouldn't have trouble. One advice I'll give you specially if you are new to this is to look always natural. Avoid wearing a peacoat or wool jacket if you are in a tropical weather for example. Also Searching for advices in color matching is smart but don't take that too seriously, just so you can know the basics.
Rugby is another brand by the designer Ralph Lauren. Rugby is even more targeted to young teenagers, like the same group of young people that will be more likely to buy in Hollister, American Eagle, A & F and Aeropostale. While it's perhaps the most commercial of the preppy brands, still very preppy, classic, classy and preps wear it with no problem. I don't think it is too different from the traditional brands, and it's quite sporty.
RareEnigma™ Goodwill. That's where I bought my name brand items for like $2-$5! In the stores, those items would've been hundreds of dollars! It probably helps that my closest Goodwill is near a rich area.
The right charity thrift stores and consignment stores + a skilled cheap strip mall tailor for a frugal but lovely custom fit! And YES! the right goodwill. Quality will DRASTICALLY vary from location to location, but the right store can be a motherlode of fantastic classic pieces you'll o e for years ! The more worn the better ! The appeal of these items is that they ARE from years back, they arent brand spanking new, they aren't 'try-hard' - they have that casual unpretentious confident classic carefree 'fuck you' ( as our channel host puts it ) comfortable authenticity. ~ they look like you've had them for years! That's kind of cool!
@@ddl4374 I have not seen this video in a while, but I thank you for commenting and sharing good suggestions. I have browsed many locations and found clothing since I posted this.
I've been dressing this way for over thirty years............J Crew, Land's End, L L Bean, Orvis, Eddie, Bauer, etc., and these clothes never go out of style. By the way, Abercrombie used to be a big preppy-source, but they sold out some years back and is a joke now.
NB: in the middle, I wrote "Brooks, J. Press, etc." What I meant to say (but somehow got clipped out) is that *real* preps wear clothes from companies like those, rather than Polo / Ralph Lifshitz or Abecrombie & Fitch. Tradition, conservative style, understatement, non-status-seeking and non-faddishness are the hallmarks of true preppyness. From Miss Porter's and Deerfield to Winchester and Charterhouse, real preppy students wear that kind of clothing, not this faux-preppy stuff here.
I think you've got the clothes all right, but the pictures of regular people are more spot on than the professional/fashion shoot pictures. Preppy girls don't wear much make-up, if any. Finding one sporting a dark, super-bold, smokey eye is akin to spotting a Yeti. Most importantly, preps don't do elaborate hairstyles. My friends barely put a comb through their hair for prom...
The only problem that preps have with Abercrombie is that it's not preppy. Abercrombie may have durable clothing but they are urban and modern and not preppy at all. As a trendy clothign store I think they are good.
@jhkl123456 -- What is prep? Three things: tradition, understatement and (obviously) private education. Without all three of these, nothing can be prep. Prep is all about tradition -- specifically, New England, Ivy League, WASP (white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant) families, (usually) old money, old homes, old schools. What NON-preps today call "preppy" is nothing more than a fashion fad, created by and marketed to people who are NOT from preppy backgrounds. They're just poseurs.
@jhkl123456 ...Preppies don't want to be noticed and certainly don't like new fashions. Most wear what their fathers and mothers, grandfathers and grandmothers wore, and often they wear the very clothes they wore. Conspicuous consumption and designer logos are anathema to preppies. Brooks, J. Press, etc. Real preps would rather wear their father's or grandfather's beat-up old watch than a new Audemars Piguet, and their dad's old Izod shirt (with the croc cut off) than anything from Polo.
The only reason why a prep sometimes can look very similar to their grand parents it's because preppy clothes never go out of style. The preppy style is eternal and many many young people enjoy it and feel as young as the ones that like to wear the ripoff brands. You are obviously not preppy and you are certaintly missing great things you find in the preppy lifestyle.
Coming from a blue blood prep family I must say that these so called "prepsters" at my school are not "preps" at all! They are some senseless girls and guys wearing Hollister. What ever happened to the real preps out there? What happened to our people?
Doesn't the preppy trend go hand-in-hand with the lifestyle? I like this look, but let's face it, I can't be prep with my budget and my education. Now how many of us can really say we're preppy. Maybe at heart, but for some of us, never truly unless you really want it and go for it.
Yes it is smart and classic, but we have plenty of time to look like grandparents. It's healthy to express your individuality in your youth. You are only young once.
There's nothing prep about ANY of this. And BTW, Ralph Lauren's real name is Ralph Lifshitz. He grew up in the Bronx, the son of a house painter, and attended an orthodox Jewish day school and public high school. There's nothing prep about him, despite him trying so hard to refashion himself into an uber-WASP. It's really kind of pathetic, like a white kid trying hard to be taken seriously as a gangsta rapper. I'd have more respect for him if he kept his name and designed leisure suits.
As a photographer I have always admired RL ads. The clothing and the various models on locations many of us would fit into inspires me to be mindful of what my style could be.
This vid is like, inspiration for my summer clothes list
Preppy is a lifestyle more than a fashion for me, but I wear the classic prep style
Thank you for understanding what a true prep is. :)
I saw this guy coming onto a bus in Oxford, wearing leather loafers (no socks), a matching belt, a red and white oxford shirt tucked into his rolled up khaki trousers (this was before this look became "in style"), carrying graduation robes. HE LOOKED SO YUMMY!
This style is simply elegant and smart! I best like clothes designed by Tommy Hilfiger, but such Zara has some interesting pieces of clothes like that, too.
omg... the guys especially bring back so many memories of boarding school... [btw, that scruffy dude with goatie would be considered boho prep... borderline... lol]
Hey Chris,
I just saw this vid. Well done my friend!
Some of these companies should hire you to promote their clothes!
5 STARS
LOVELY , IT JUST COST ME A FOTUNE TO DRESS LIKE THAT. BUT I LOVE IT.
im tryin to go preppy. but i dont know how to match the clothes up. the colors they wear doesn't go together. but they make it look good. how do i do that?
...It's all about an unstudied, relaxed chic. I am not a prep myself; I did however go to an elite prep school, so the aesthetic is forever imprinted in my psyche.
Loved the way you putted it!
there is something so inspiring about preppy styles :) I'll take a guy in a nice blazer any day over T-shirts and jeans.
I noticed Chuck Bass was in this video, but where was Blair?? lol
They have all these outfits at Abercrombie and hollister.
does anyone know a store like rugby ralph lauren? i am so upset that they closed....
i always thought that people who dressed this way were all rude and snobby, but looking at the comments on some of these videos im very happy to be proven wrong. :)
yesh this is style!
@2Exotic2Fly2High ehhhh polo, brooks brothers, lacoste, check at a macys. Places like that have very bright pastels (colored collared shirts).
now this is prep. not like in my high school were they think aeropostle,American Eagle,Hollister, and etc
im a black female, is it okay for me to dress preppy?
YES
The foremost advantage of being preppy in my opinion is that you have to be good looking.Quazy Modo did NOT wear Lacoste,he probably wore Converse
@preppychrisbou lol sorry i meant what he was wearing
@turnerc04 Just wear them. As you noticed, preppies clothes don't have to match exactly but they are always cordinated. If the pieces you are wearing are classic and "preppy" then you shouldn't have trouble. One advice I'll give you specially if you are new to this is to look always natural. Avoid wearing a peacoat or wool jacket if you are in a tropical weather for example. Also Searching for advices in color matching is smart but don't take that too seriously, just so you can know the basics.
thanks man for the advice, i can tell you have a lot of experience in this. i will remember no socks also. you should open up a school for this.
Rugby is another brand by the designer Ralph Lauren. Rugby is even more targeted to young teenagers, like the same group of young people that will be more likely to buy in Hollister, American Eagle, A & F and Aeropostale. While it's perhaps the most commercial of the preppy brands, still very preppy, classic, classy and preps wear it with no problem. I don't think it is too different from the traditional brands, and it's quite sporty.
I want to dress like this as the style is beautiful and sophisticated, but I'm not sure where to purchase these clothes.
RareEnigma™ Goodwill. That's where I bought my name brand items for like $2-$5! In the stores, those items would've been hundreds of dollars! It probably helps that my closest Goodwill is near a rich area.
Abercrombie and hollister.
The right charity thrift stores and consignment stores + a skilled cheap strip mall tailor for a frugal but lovely custom fit!
And YES! the right goodwill. Quality will DRASTICALLY vary from location to location, but the right store can be a motherlode of fantastic classic pieces you'll o e for years ! The more worn the better ! The appeal of these items is that they ARE from years back, they arent brand spanking new, they aren't 'try-hard' - they have that casual unpretentious confident classic carefree 'fuck you' ( as our channel host puts it ) comfortable authenticity. ~ they look like you've had them for years! That's kind of cool!
@@ddl4374 I have not seen this video in a while, but I thank you for commenting and sharing good suggestions. I have browsed many locations and found clothing since I posted this.
Thanks!
@joeyyy1993 that's so uncalled for and brings you down with a great thud!
I've been dressing this way for over thirty years............J Crew, Land's End, L L Bean, Orvis, Eddie, Bauer, etc., and these clothes never go out of style. By the way, Abercrombie used to be a big preppy-source, but they sold out some years back and is a joke now.
nice nice
NB: in the middle, I wrote "Brooks, J. Press, etc." What I meant to say (but somehow got clipped out) is that *real* preps wear clothes from companies like those, rather than Polo / Ralph Lifshitz or Abecrombie & Fitch. Tradition, conservative style, understatement, non-status-seeking and non-faddishness are the hallmarks of true preppyness. From Miss Porter's and Deerfield to Winchester and Charterhouse, real preppy students wear that kind of clothing, not this faux-preppy stuff here.
I was wondering when anybody was going to call out the Brilliant Ralph faux-ren.
2:23 is Gant and 3:02 is Burberry.
@Joakinsmat Madras is as preppy as pink and green.
I think you've got the clothes all right, but the pictures of regular people are more spot on than the professional/fashion shoot pictures. Preppy girls don't wear much make-up, if any. Finding one sporting a dark, super-bold, smokey eye is akin to spotting a Yeti. Most importantly, preps don't do elaborate hairstyles. My friends barely put a comb through their hair for prom...
Yeah ~ big difference. between the authentic men a.d the fabulous catalogue/runway/shop website models .
Preppies are winners
The only problem that preps have with Abercrombie is that it's not preppy. Abercrombie may have durable clothing but they are urban and modern and not preppy at all. As a trendy clothign store I think they are good.
@xastrickxplusx true
@CCwaterfalls they can't because other people can't afford these clothes which is sad
@Mr89Nef Is that really you?
@jhkl123456 -- What is prep? Three things: tradition, understatement and (obviously) private education. Without all three of these, nothing can be prep. Prep is all about tradition -- specifically, New England, Ivy League, WASP (white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant) families, (usually) old money, old homes, old schools. What NON-preps today call "preppy" is nothing more than a fashion fad, created by and marketed to people who are NOT from preppy backgrounds. They're just poseurs.
@jhkl123456 ...Preppies don't want to be noticed and certainly don't like new fashions. Most wear what their fathers and mothers, grandfathers and grandmothers wore, and often they wear the very clothes they wore. Conspicuous consumption and designer logos are anathema to preppies. Brooks, J. Press, etc. Real preps would rather wear their father's or grandfather's beat-up old watch than a new Audemars Piguet, and their dad's old Izod shirt (with the croc cut off) than anything from Polo.
@Mr89Nef I thought that at first but then I started wondering :P
The only reason why a prep sometimes can look very similar to their grand parents it's because preppy clothes never go out of style. The preppy style is eternal and many many young people enjoy it and feel as young as the ones that like to wear the ripoff brands. You are obviously not preppy and you are certaintly missing great things you find in the preppy lifestyle.
@Missteree87 YES, YES, YES!
2:18 totally me
@Missteree87 no.
Coming from a blue blood prep family I must say that these so called "prepsters" at my school are not "preps" at all! They are some senseless girls and guys wearing Hollister. What ever happened to the real preps out there? What happened to our people?
@insanecaine and let me guess, your hair is gelled, your wearing all black and you have guyliner on? I was right, huh?
Doesn't the preppy trend go hand-in-hand with the lifestyle? I like this look, but let's face it, I can't be prep with my budget and my education. Now how many of us can really say we're preppy. Maybe at heart, but for some of us, never truly unless you really want it and go for it.
@MrJblair26
Blue blood in the USA? Sure, dream on you peasant.
Funny thing is a Jew wrote the most famous preppy book talking about WASP lifestyle
Well, it was a witty affectionate satire.
Yes it is smart and classic, but we have plenty of time to look like grandparents. It's healthy to express your individuality in your youth. You are only young once.
This is how some people express themselves.
Most ignorant comment ever!
There's nothing prep about ANY of this.
And BTW, Ralph Lauren's real name is Ralph Lifshitz. He grew up in the Bronx, the son of a house painter, and attended an orthodox Jewish day school and public high school. There's nothing prep about him, despite him trying so hard to refashion himself into an uber-WASP. It's really kind of pathetic, like a white kid trying hard to be taken seriously as a gangsta rapper. I'd have more respect for him if he kept his name and designed leisure suits.
As a photographer I have always admired RL ads. The clothing and the various models on locations many of us would fit into inspires me to be mindful of what my style could be.