L. L. Bean, Orvis, Eddie Bauer, Lands' End, Gokeys, Talbot's -

down vests
Norwegian sweaters
L. L. Bean chamois shirts
gray marled ragg sweaters
Sperry Top-Siders
blucher mocs
camp mocs
Levi's straight cords
khaki chinos, washed-out
wide-wale cords, washed heavily, on the short side
Brooks Brothers ocbds
Brooks Brothers fun shirts in multicolored stripes
Bean mountain anoraks
60/40 parkas in various colors
Tretorn Nylites
Jack Purcells
Sperry canvas deck sneakers
Incontinence pants Country, Stan Smith, Rod Laver
Boast or Lacoste longtail polo shirts, occasionally Fred Perry which was carried at the Co-Op
N*ike white canvas tennis sneakers with toe bumper
Timberland boots
Shetland crewneck sweaters including Shaggy Dogs and extra points for patchwork Shaggy Dog in various shades of blue
Bean brown canvas duffel bags
Ray-Ban aviators
Vuarnet skiing sunglasses (Lynx models)
sweatshirts: crew; hoodie pullover; zip hoodies
early fleece jackets, pre-Patagonia, e.g. Chuck Roast from New Hampshire
Brooks lambswool or cashmere v-neck sweaters
custom printed t-shirts commemorating regatta, tournament, ski weekend, drinking championship, etc.
Bean ranger oxford
t-shirts and sweats from other schools you've played or visited or have a girlfriend at
Brooksflannel viyella shirts in tattersalls
Bean Woodsman's pants of heavy gray wool with faint large red overcheck
Bean boots and Maine Hunting Shoes, lace-ups, pull-on loungers, and buckled models too
NY Yankees caps
Foot-Joy squash shoes in white mesh with gray suede and tan rubber soles, low-cut or extra-preppy high-top
squash racquets
Volvos and Saabs
Clarks Wallabees
rugby shirts from the socce*r locker or serious sporting goods shop not the mall
Icelandic sweater from Antartex Shop
Bean corduroy weekend jacket (G9-style)
Bean sheepskin driver's seat cover for the car
Bean "Peruvian"-type knit ski hat
Bean field watch, regular strap it came with
one blue blazer left over from high school, never to be worn, lives at bottom of pile of clothes in dorm closet and cannot be unrumpled
one tweed sport coat, either hand-me-down, thrift or from a proper shop
couple of rumpled repp ties
ragg socks only on coldest days
good-quality old-school hiking boots
straw hat from islands worn with tan first week after spring break
walk shorts in September, April and May

Last edited by stanshall (2015-11-07 08:57:56)

Damn, fine list, Stan.

I may be casting a broad net, but those students who wore military jackets typically never served and were the least likely to adapt to any sort of discipline, military or otherwise.

Stanshall - Your inbox is full!

>wide-wale cords, washed heavily, on the short side

I unabashedly love these.

you're welcome Bop, my pleasure ....

a very good prep touch is to have cloth nametags sewn, at home, into nearly everything you own, including your point blankets ....

some more good old stuff:

vintage-type backpack/bookbags of the Eastpak, Jansport, Kelty variety
point blankets/camp blankets from Bean, Hudson's Bay etc.
crew-type ringer tee with placket
Brooks polo shirts without logos
cotton summer sweaters from J. Press et al., both crewneck in various colors and the cable v-neck in natural cotton
wire-rimmed roundish glasses with cables
Red Wing 875s with wide-wale cords
anything cool your roommate had that you liked and eventually stole but were allowed to keep because dude owed you money anyway

just remember to exclude the Barbour, they weren't really being seen yet except on the most Anglophile of parents;
and the Filson was not around in the East yet;
Pendleton's collars at the time were huge and accordingly the late '70s Pendletons had a bad rap and they flopped at and were dropped by the Co-Op;
Woolrich was at the Co-Op but Bean was killing it on the ground with furious chamois action;
the number of Bean packages being called for at Yale Station, where formerly a kid in a blazer, white highwater jeans, Weejuns and Wayfarers had held court, was astonishing;
head-to-toe Bean was a rookie move;
the rugged preppy dudes didn't wear turtlenecks a lot but some of the etiolated ones did as part of their thing

nice memory: dean's Christmas parties in the dean's house with mulled wine and lots of candles, everybody in tweed or a flannel blazer for a night, even the reprobates
with a repp tie or one of Press's great English narrow wool smooth knit square-end ties with horizontal stripes, gray flannels, ocbd, and Weejuns or dirty bucks from Barrie

we had all the nice gear, both from family and bought on our own, it's just that sweatshirts, jeans and mocs were so comfortable and could be treated very casually and worn for long periods without laundering, which was a bane and something that was seen to at Thanksgiving, Christmas, spring break and the occasional weekend at a friend's house .....

Last edited by stanshall (2015-11-07 13:50:26)

In those days real military surplus was still available, so chances were that someone's chinos were very high rise -- skyscraper rise? -- and had a button fly.

This is what Bill Thomas of Bill's Khakis was after when he started. He was a year behind me at Denison University (I was class of 1984)

Speaking of Ohio -- don't forget Huntington shirts. There was an ad that always ran in The New Yorker, I think -- an intro offer, X number of oxfords for some ridiculous price, like $60.

Last edited by Patrick (2015-11-07 17:19:39)