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Expound I will sir.
In case it matters, I actually am a preppy. Cranbrook Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, MI, class of 1985.
Preppy suits have a vestigial third button that's not meant to be used. '30s suits have a fully operational third button, if any.
There are some preppy affectations that overlap the '30s, but they're just bits and pieces. Polo coats, cabled white tennis sweaters, white bucks, argyle sox or vests, now and then the odd straw boater (strictly for approved functions nowadays, pretty much meaning Ivy League class reunions). None of them adds up to a whole outfit or look.
Some preppy items (alligator polos, Weejun loafers) do date back to the '30s or even before (buttondown dress shirts), but have no associations with the era.
Esquire and Apparel Arts are pretty much the authorities on what actual preppies/Ivy Leaguers wore in the '30s. (Hint: There wasn't much madras plaid, outside of an occasional hat band.)
In case it matters, I actually am a preppy. Cranbrook Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, MI, class of 1985.
Preppy suits have a vestigial third button that's not meant to be used. '30s suits have a fully operational third button, if any.
There are some preppy affectations that overlap the '30s, but they're just bits and pieces. Polo coats, cabled white tennis sweaters, white bucks, argyle sox or vests, now and then the odd straw boater (strictly for approved functions nowadays, pretty much meaning Ivy League class reunions). None of them adds up to a whole outfit or look.
Some preppy items (alligator polos, Weejun loafers) do date back to the '30s or even before (buttondown dress shirts), but have no associations with the era.
Esquire and Apparel Arts are pretty much the authorities on what actual preppies/Ivy Leaguers wore in the '30s. (Hint: There wasn't much madras plaid, outside of an occasional hat band.)