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#1 2010-04-08 03:53:30
- Gibson Gardens
- Ivy Author
- Posts: 873
'True Prep'
Oh boy. Run for the hills. The Preppy Handbook crowd are back forcing us to remember that the inheritors of the Ivy crown in the U.S, the pseudo-WASP community, are just such a philistine, repellent bunch. Out in Autumn 2010 comes 'True Prep', as vile a cash-in as the original book was 30 years ago. Here are a few spreads : http://knopfdoubleday.com/marketing/bookseller/TruePrepBlad.pdf
Thank the Lord that Graham Marsh and JP Gaul will be offering us an alternative rooted in the superior values and aesthetics of the original golden age, viz :
http://www.franceslincoln.com/Book/7490/0/The%20Ivy%20Look%20-%20Classic%20American%20Clothing%20-%20An%20Illustrated%20Pocket%20Guide. Snappy link.
g.g.
#2 2010-04-09 05:25:17
- mike
- Member
- From: Covington, KY
- Posts: 1397
Re: 'True Prep'
i have already ordered my copy
You love him? He is hephaistion.
#4 2010-04-10 08:53:59
- Admiral Cod
- Member
- Posts: 412
Re: 'True Prep'
More Wasp-bashing from the same old subversive crowd. This is an ancient story.
I'm sure plenty of preps and trads will have to read it to ascertain just how awful it is.
Last edited by Admiral Cod (2010-04-10 08:55:21)
"You will find that men of style and their adherents are considered either political enemies of the people or reckless, gluttoness consumers while most live in squalor" - FNB
#5 2010-04-10 11:56:27
- Taylor McIntyre
- Son of Ivy...
- Posts: 342
Re: 'True Prep'
Aye.
Enough from the Pseudo-WASPs.
It's been done already.
#7 2010-07-23 01:28:45
- Rip Rig & Panic
- Member
- Posts: 4697
Re: 'True Prep'
One True Prep...
It was definitely slightly iffy even then, when Brooks had become overly-identified with that crowd. Thank heaven the colour mix is different even if the preference for natural fibres provides common ground. There most certainly are preps in England, but I've heard them referred to under another name: the Ralph Lauren and boat shoe crowd, the young fogies really. But I'll take prep wool and cotton over Ivy Dacron any day of the week. Just not their effin' brand names...