<p>o bamagirl, you will see. You will be accepted… but they wont be your best friends.</p>
<p>Where do you go to school, hadeswisher?</p>
<p>So hadeswisher, you are basically saying that all people who go to a prep school that are on FA are “weird” and “uncool”? There is no way a student who receives a significant amount of FA will be able to afford these types of clothes. This is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve heard. </p>
<p>I second Bama’s question.</p>
<p>I could really care less if people think of me as “weird” or “uncool”. I would rather have those titles than act like a rich elitist snob who only cares about what other people wear.</p>
<p>i changed my mind. i agree with the clothes that the op recommended for some people, including myself. i do not agree with the “orders” on how to be cool. you’ll find friends no matter what you wear, whether they be from walmart or saks.</p>
<p>I agree with lolz, I mean are these people going to stop you in the hall, make you show them the label on you shirt and the price…I know that there are always those who love labels, but I can not imagine them being so adamant that everyone is wearing ralph lauren…just my two cents</p>
<p>Follow the “dress code” outlined in these posts and you may be deemed “cool” by 10% of the student population. </p>
<p>Be yourself and be an individual and you will be admired and respected by 90% of the students and faculty - and when you graduate as a senior you will thank me for this advice! 
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<p>My experience has been that every time, the students most respected, admired and remembered are those that dare to be themselves and unique and are happy being comfortable in their own skins. Often this is not apparent your freshman year but it is when you are an upperclassman. Living in a residential community, people see you all the time and will really get to know you. The vast majority of the community matures and looks past clothing at some point. Those that don’t - do you really care what they think anyway??</p>
<p>Live life dangerously - be an original not a clone.</p>
<p>(Climbing down off my soapbox now…)</p>
<p>This post literally made me roll around on the floor laughing.
Sure, there are snobby people in the world that are going to judge you based on your clothing, but honestly, who wants to be friends with them?
Anyway, preppy clothes are pretty boring. Unless you want to blend in and be lame, I don’t suggest following her advice hahahaha</p>
<p>This is crazy funny… I don’t wear the plaid/vineyard vines pants everyday… no one really does(maybe 3/5 days at the most)… I have one pair of shorts and might get 1 pair of pants. You don’t have to buy into everything that you a school has… At Deerfield, yes everyone loves plaid and “new england” prep brands, but it isn’t everyone all the time. Most people have their own style of… And even if you are on FA, you can get your own style.</p>
<p>What good is boarding school if its academics aren’t complemented by significant exposure to different kinds of people? I came back to this thread this morning and while there are a few kids who sound like they’d be fun to get to know, the balance sound rich, shallow and BORING.</p>
<p>If you’re a preppy kid (dress preppy), you’re in the minority - just like in life. You may not know it yet since you’re only now leaving the warm bosom of Greenwich, CT etc where you have been happily noshing the last few years on the pink and green teat, but when you’re out and about in life a bit more, you discover that most people (including, frequently, your bosses, peers, clients etc) are turned off by the Lily Pulitzer, popped collar, cords with asinine anchors…brand consciousness.</p>
<p>If you’re new to the boarding school search, pay attention to the schools that allow a culture of rich, snobby, brand-conscious kids to dominate and avoid them like the plague. Look for schools where a thread like this would be an embarrassment, which it is.</p>
<p>Hey, thanks for this post because I’m actually going to use it when I go into Formal Recruitment for a sorority. This was precisely what I was looking for on * another * “Greek Life” forum, and I suppose nobody was audacious enough to post it. Either way, appearance and presentation do matter at this point (more or less than when I was in middle or high school), so this helps a lot. Especially given that I do not live on the East Coast; I’m not abreast of the labels there (albeit I knew a few of the labels, but not an overwhelming majority).
So, thank you again!
You also might want to add Lilly Pulitzer to that list (they carry a lot of adorable sundresses, but this might just be a Southern label).</p>
<p>if u dont care how u look, then get off this thread bcuz clearly no one is truly interested in knowing what types of clothes are popular at prep schools. the said fact is that yea, prep schools have revolved around a preppy expensive look. i love it, but not everyone can afford it. u would be suprised but target has some great stuff. and as someone previously mentioned by say one pair of high end shoes. not everyone has to do this but if u really care then its a good way to go.</p>
<p>by the way lilly pulitzer isnt that big. atleast from what i hav seen</p>
<p>Go naked.</p>
<p>That’s how you become noticed.</p>
<p>touche cbatch…im interested to find out who u really are 
ssrs</p>
<p>lololololol</p>
<p>The people who will stand out and feel alienated at boarding school are not the people who come from middle class families and dress like a vineyard vines catalog, but rather the people who are so incredibly insecure that they have to follow this list to feel as though they will ever be accepted at boarding school. Dress however you want, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.</p>
<p>As a current student in Exeter i can honestly say that yes, there are those who dress “preppier” but what the “BS style” is not brands or types of clothing. it is the way you wear it, class CANNOT BE BOUGHT. Find things that are stylish, including clothing from forever 21, abercrombie, RL, jcrew and even plain white Hanes t-shirts. Every school is like this, you want to look good but looking good is not limited to certain brands.</p>
<p>What grade are you in at Exeter, cmao?</p>
<p>I will be a lower this coming year. Why?</p>
<p>For my all boys Jesuit prep school(u of d), general wear. </p>
<p>That clothing sounds like the grosse pointe tools that go to my school… All about them dockers pants, costco shirts, and jerry garcia ties =D.</p>
<p>Or for casual, jeans levi’s(comfortable) kohls sells for like 30 dollah,school sweats, soccer shrots, plain/school hoodies, flannels, any and all sorts of t shirts , those adidas poky sandals, nike frees/sauconyjazz/converse. Mucho cheaper.</p>