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#1 2008-05-30 02:43:01
- The Dean
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The Guardian backs 'preppy' style for the summer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gallery/2008/may/29/fashion1?picture=334461321
I'm not too sure what the writer/ stylist thinks this style is. Of course the piece is all about high street shops etc, but surely a little more effort could come up with some much better stuff.
To this end, IMHO Uniqlo does the best cheap, mainstream Ivy/ preppy looking stuff in the UK. Picked up some great seersucker shorts there last week.
It's not J Press, but some of their gear has the right look. I think being Japanese must have something to do with it.
Anyone else like Uniqlo for cheap wardrobe staples?
#2 2008-05-30 02:45:56
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: The Guardian backs 'preppy' style for the summer
I must check them out - Thanks for the tip.
Best -
Jim
#3 2008-05-30 02:55:51
- The Dean
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Re: The Guardian backs 'preppy' style for the summer
Don't expect too much - most of it is H&M/ Gap type things. But they do get it right every now and again.
I've bought V neck merino sweaters, decent cardigans, colourful socks and the aforementioned seersucker shorts lately. Teamed with other, better quality stuff they can work well.
I even saw a b/w herringbone, natural shoulder jacket with a 3/2 lapel roll in there once. It was somewhat spoiled by the S-M-L sizing though.
Cheap and disposable is the way to see it.
#4 2008-05-30 03:19:24
- Taylor McIntyre
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Re: The Guardian backs 'preppy' style for the summer
Very Interesting:
http://www.uniqlo.co.uk/catalogue/men/outerwear/80293-navy-linen-cotton-jacket
It's darted, but it has a nice shoulder line and is a swelled-edged 3/2 roll. Four on the cuff, slim-cut without much waist suppression, & isn't that a 'Butterfly' lining inside?
£19.99!
No metion of vents.
#5 2008-05-30 09:18:35
- bandofoutsiders
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Re: The Guardian backs 'preppy' style for the summer
whoa there! maybe a navy linen one and a pair of the madras shorts they also have on offer. looks pretty nice. but for 19.99, i have to wonder if a strong breeze won't cause it to disintegrate.
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#7 2008-05-30 11:45:11
- Kingstonian
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Re: The Guardian backs 'preppy' style for the summer
They had Madras shirts a couple of years ago.
Not 'guaranteed to bleed' but very good and reasonably-priced.
#8 2008-05-30 19:38:46
- Vaclav
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Re: The Guardian backs 'preppy' style for the summer
Is this of the, Motel Cali Prep ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgy0rOsD4-k
#9 2008-05-30 20:01:10
- Horace
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Re: The Guardian backs 'preppy' style for the summer
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
