<p>My girls never got into preppy. D1 is very corporate and grown up with her dressing now. D2 (20) is completely black in the winter. She’ll wear black fitted blazer with leather lapel, black riding pants, silk shirt and high boots to classes. Her favorite scarf is Steve McQueen’s skeleton scarf. Two weeks ago when we went clothes shopping, she told me it was time to get some white blazers.</p>
<p>My D too - black leggings and boots with a sweater or other top, and a Burberry duffel coat. S may look a little traditional (although not really preppy) with khakis or cords and button downs and sweaters. He has very little interest in clothes beyond being comfortable and acceptable-looking. He’s definitely not trying to send out any messages with his wardrobe.</p>
<p>Burberry is preppy.</p>
<p>Looking at the website, I see the “Canada Goose” jackets are made in Canada… not overseas. That could be another type of signalling. Looking at similar jackets on the ll bean site, it was impossible to tell were they were made, so I called. Bangladesh. I won’t bother calling Lands End.</p>
<p>ETA: It seems to me Canada Goose and Burberry overlap somewhat in terms of price point. And keep you warm in winter. How are they alike? How are they different?</p>
<p>I keep trying to accumulate old-money type clothes and accessories, but momx keeps throwing them out just when they are really becoming classics. :(</p>
<p>Apparently there is a book available called the Official Filthy Rich handbook. I just found it and it sounds quite amusing. In the reviews on amazon, one poster wrote: “I wish I would have had this book after winning my first Powerball. It would have saved me a lot of stupid mistakes like buying a new bowling ball and getting season tickets for NASCAR.” </p>
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<p>I’m not an expensive clothes kind of guy, but I had heard of Aeropostale, Abercrombie, and American Eagle. Had to google Vineyard Vines, the header literally says “Preppy Men’s Clothing, Women’s Clothing…” I was rather surprised that’s how they choose to advertise themselves. </p>
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<p>There are upperclass people in the Delta? Why haven’t they left? </p>
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<p>I find that quite amusing considering how Burberry became so closely identified with Chavs and their perceived negative subculture in the UK during the '00s that the company felt the need to go on a PR offensive to counter that association. </p>
<p>A reason why I often have to restrain myself from laughing whenever I see Burberry discussed as a high end brand name in luxury commercials and reviews in US and Mandarin Chinese speaking MSM. </p>
<p>Burberry is not always preppy - it can range from classic to quite edgy, actually, although a tattered old canvas trench is definitely old school prep.</p>
<p>Canada Goose is completely different than Burberry in terms of styling - basic parkas and field jackets, mostly. Burberry has a few lines, but Prorsum is very fitted and stylish…wool coats with leather, velvet or other accents. Yes, the price points are similar. I did buy S a Canada Goose jacket, which he says is very warm and comfortable…it’s not much to look at, though.</p>
<p>My first thought was Canada Goose (or ll bean down) might not be everyone’s first choice to go over a suit or lbd in the evening. The basic Burberry trench was intended as all purpose, wasn’t it? And season spanning?</p>
<p>Even thinking about decoding Burberry makes my head ache.</p>
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<p>This happens with a lot of expensive brand name clothing. For instance, the sailing jackets made by Helly Hansen, a Scandinavian clothier, became popular with criminal types living in DC, who actually killed a wearer of one to steal it.</p>
<p>*She ended up at an Ivy League college, and don’t be fooled that dress conformity doesn’t exist there, either. Being from CA, it was quite obvious to her that there was a Northeast vibe prevalent in the dominant attire. Barbour jackets, Northface jackets, running shoes with khakis and jeans for men, boots all the time for the women, and typical CA attire (skinny jeans for men, surfwear, Vans and Rainbows) was definitely not “in.” *</p>
<p>You are reminding me of a Texas student who brought her cowgirl boots to her ivy college, even if they weren’t “in” because that is what she wore with her jeans, because she was from Texas : )</p>
<p>You reminded me of my first trip to UTexas with my S. The first group of about 5 women students we passed were all wearing a boy-style T-shirt, with Nike running shorts and running shoes. I said to my S, “Oh that must be the women’s cross-country team!” because that is how our girl’s hs team dressed. S rolled his eyes and said 'No." (How did he know??) Then I looked around and saw hundreds, maybe thousands (UT is huge) of women students wearing the same thing. It was hot that day.</p>
<p>My Texan son in law wore boots with his nice business casual outfit on a residency (medical) interview in NYC a few years ago and was told that “the Texas stuff won’t fly up here”. He wound up at Vanderbilt. :)</p>
<p>@Vladenschlutte "There are upperclass people in the Delta? Why haven’t they left? "</p>
<p>Haha, very funny. We’re not all relatives of Honeybooboo down here. Like one church sign once said, “You can say what you want about the south, but no one ever retires up north.”</p>
<p>^^^Very good point! There’s a Vineyard Vines ad running to the left of my screen…</p>
<p>Yeah, I think we are all getting VV and other prepster ads now…I really hate the internet sometimes.</p>
<p>southerncharm, I love that quote. I am going to use it!</p>
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<p>Yeah, they retire to Florida or North Carolina or Arizona or something. No one retires to the Delta either. </p>
<p>I’m getting bumper stickers made. </p>
<p>eta: my father and grandfather wore dress cowboy boots with their suits. I don’t know about great-granddaddy, but probably him, too. Among other things, they were cattlemen. We are not from Texas. </p>
<p>@Vladenschlutte Your proof of that statement? Way to be a northern elitist, I think that war ended back in 1865. Not trying to start a fight so just pipe down up there. For your information, we have an abundance of wonderful people who retire down here. Big, modern, cultivated cities exist…even in the Delta.</p>
<p>@alh Yes! I’ll buy them from you 
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<p>NSU is telling me it’s “now my time”…No prepster wear over here.</p>
<p>I can’t recall who brought up the Bravo show Southern Charm, but that show makes me cringe. It does show a nice mix of the classes present in Charleston. </p>