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2. Preppy - Wikipedia

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   The term preppy derives from the private college-preparatory schools that some American upper class and upper middle class children attend. [2] The term preppy is commonly associated with the Ivy League and broader group of oldest universities in the Northeast as well as the prep schools which brought students to them, [3] since traditionally a primary goal in attending a prep school was ...

3. What Does Preppy Style Mean Now? - AOL

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   Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world.. Lisa Birnbach has seen this all before. The author of The Official Preppy Handbook, which went old-world viral ...

4. What is 'preppy'? The old slang has a new meaning

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   "So it's a style," he clarified. "Yeah, it's an aesthetic," answered one. A TikTok video of three young girls promoting Texas clothing boutique Dear Hannah Prep, gave their thoughts on "preppy."

5. Ivy League (clothes) - Wikipedia

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   Ivy League is a style of men's dress, also known as Ivy Style, popular during the late 1950s in the Northeastern United States, and said to have originated on college campuses, particularly those of the Ivy League. It was the predecessor to the preppy style of dress. [1]

6. Fashionistas, Recessionistas and Prepsters: Is Preppy Dead? - AOL

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   Long the standard look of preparatory (or "prep") schools, preppy was first explored as an independent style in the pages of Take Ivy, a near-mythic 1965 Japanese fashion photo essay that brought ...

7. The Official Preppy Handbook - Wikipedia

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   Birnbach reveals through an ironic tone where preps go to school, where they summer, what brands they wear, and how they decorate their homes. Birnbach divides The Official Preppy Handbook into seven sections, each devoted to a different period of the preppy lifestyle. The Handbook begins by caricaturizing the childhood of a preppy person in ...

8. But for Real Though, These Super Chic, Preppy Clothing ... - AOL

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   Here are the best preppy clothing brands on the market. Shop the preppy aesthetic from popular brands like Ralph Lauren, J.Crew, Lands' End, and more.

9. Old-School Slang Words That Really Deserve a Comeback

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   You might think that the famous idiom originated at a college party in the 1960s by some preppy frat boys. However, the use of "gas" for enjoyment goes back to the 19 century. There are two uses ...