Monthly Archives: October 2010
Is Prep Dead? (More Importantly, How Did We Miss This?)
sturdy L.L. Bean boots, duct-taped Blucher moccasins, and workhorse Volvo station wagons defined OPH’s aesthetic. True Prep’s preppies, armed with BlackBerrys and iPods, wear Verdura jewelry and Prada and vintage Gucci loafers, tote Goyard and Tory Burch bags, and adorn their desks with tchotchkes from Smythson (a firm whose success, Ian Jack notes in The Guardian, has been built “on selling baubles to the impressionable rich”). Continue reading
Those Ivy League Scarves & Talbot’s Next Celebrity Model
AOL’s StyleList has more on the selection, with this comment from the company’s CEO.
“She will make our brand feel modern, which is what the 40-ish woman is. She’s effortless — an effortless beauty.”
There was substantial buzz this summer about Ms. Moore’s nude ads for Bulgari. Continue reading
Filed under preppy, Preppy Fashion, preppy lifestyle, Tilly
Updates on Lilly Furniture & an Anti-Prep, + a Mad Men Spoiler….?
this quote from a company executive:
“”The Lilly Pulitzer Home collection promises to deliver Lilly’s same style, inspired color palette and unique sense of fun to consumers’ everyday lives.”
This photo also provides ample proof of the vibrant hues we’ll see in the collection. Continue reading
Filed under preppy, Pretty in Pink, The AntiPrep
Argyle Adventures & That Justin Bieber Nail Polish
Hello-Hello, happy Monday! We are taking it easy this afternoon in response to the quasi-holiday, offering a simple Adventure in Argyle; it felt like a good day for something light. We begin with a few things for the Young Lady … Continue reading
