<p>I’m making the transition over the summer but even still
I think I am going to retain a lot of my “public school” clothing. I just can’t see myself wearing those brands every hour of every day. Some of it is just too preppy for me. Although I can say that I’m enjoying the pastel shorts and boat shoes thus far.</p>
<p>brand-obsessed much? I have no problem looking preppy but my closet is full of old navy, a&f, forever 21, gap etc. I only have a few things from j.crew and such, and guess what? it works. you can make any brand fit into a “preppy” wardrobe without spending a lot of money (also, i buy a lot of my brand-name things on ebay).</p>
<p>izzy busy bee </p>
<p>nobody looks super prepped out all the time</p>
<p>nobody i know at my current school or MX (from what i have seen) wears super nice stuff all the time, like at least for boys its all about mixing and matching. the lax shorts, with a solid color RL polo, VV, brooks brothers tee with flops or boat shoes. or pastel shorts with a college or current school athletic t-shirt or outside club sports team</p>
<p>for all of fall term at Exeter, I tried to dress nicely, but by winter term, after getting tired of wanting to change as soon as the day ended, I just ended up going with what I felt comfortable wearing. </p>
<p>This is especially true for spring term, where it’s sometimes too hot to wear a tie/have your shirt tucked in/look good. People try all sorts of loopholes to get around dresscode, and depending on how strict your teacher is, they may or may not care. </p>
<p>tl;dr–polo + tie is tacky but you can get away with it. Ethnic attire is also nice if it’s comfortable to wear. But wearing a t-shirt and jeans and saying “I’m american” probably won’t work.</p>
<p>winter term, a lot of teachers are pretty lenient but youll notice that spring term people really try hard to look nice.</p>
<p>haha im really hoping this thread is a big joke or something. I go to a decently expensive private school, and most of my classmates can afford all those brands but no one EVER weares any of them. Everyone in my school has sperrys, rainbows, sanuk’s northface backpack, and vera bradley duffle strictly for sleepover parties, everything else vera bradley is considered tacky. I also noticed that people wore these clothes on my revisit day. Most people at my school dress more what looks good on them than what is expensive. I guess its more that since most people can afford the expensive brands, no one really feels special wearing them. Most people shop at Forever 21 and department stores rather than wearing lables. In freshman year i went and bought a lot of preppy name brand expensive stuff that i had to donate because i never wore it, and didnt really like…dont make that mistake</p>
<p>best advice dress what looks cute on you regardless of where you got it from. Though it might be best to stay away from like wal-mart k-mart clothing :)</p>
<p>^ the poster above me got it right… at the boarding school i attended, everyone wore clothes that they felt they looked good in whether it was a designer brand, an aforementioned brand from the op’s post, or something they got at tj maxx. you would occasionally learn where people would shop if you borrowed a skirt or a dress, but people didn’t seem to really care where you got your clothes.</p>
<p>This whole thread is saying that 'no one really dresses like that." Like really, how many times do we need to say that.</p>
<p>a lot of people dress like that (at mx, anyway). the vast majority of people don’t care whether or not you dress like that.</p>
<p>@ xxcouturexgrlxx: if you really spent that much on clothes, don’t let it be a total loss- you could’ve sold it on ebay or something and used the money to buy the kind of clothes you DO like.</p>
<p>Don’t underestimate Ebay! I used to be like “Ebay’s disgusting, I’m not wearing someone else’s old clothes,”. But there’s lots of brand-new designer stuff for cheap. I just got $20 Ray-Bans and $60 Cole Haan slingbacks, both brand new!</p>
<p>@izzy: I was going to edit 'nd say ‘…all the time’ but I was too lazy and I had to do something.</p>
<p>…yeah, I shop at stores like Forever21 and H&M. Just because your school is called a prep school doesn’t mean everyone dresses like they’re about to hit up the country club. You’re more likely to see kids in sneakers and cargoes or almost but not really jeans in class, and then sweats once class is out.</p>
<p>It’s funny because some parents posted here saying they chose Deerfield because of their preppy looks and feel! :)</p>
<p>I like to call my school the liberal arts prep school of MAPL. On revisit day, all these kids come dressed in khakis and argyle sweaters and look so out of place compared to the students. I don’t know anyone who shops at that Vineyard Vines place, and only a few who admit to wearing Ralph Lauren. Most kids at my school don’t even know what WASP means, so they’re certainly not going to dress like one.</p>
<p>Where do you go, facbrat?</p>
<p>Just kidding. I figured out from your posts that it’s Peddie. ;)</p>
<p>Yeah, sometimes I have a hard time considering my school a prep school :)</p>
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<p>um, excuse me? Most people in New England DO NOT dress like that. Most have never even heard of those stores and/or would never wear them anyway. I most certainly don’t and I live in NE. My friends don’t. People at my school don’t. People in the <em>cough</em>‘rich’ suburbs don’t. Most people shop at Forever 21, Delia’s, Hollister, and Abercrombie, and a little Hot Topic/Aeropostale (and like eblens and stuff…) </p>
<p>My point is don’t hate on New England like that.</p>
<p>“My point is don’t hate [while standing] on New England [soil] like that.”</p>
<p>Is that what you mean?</p>
<p>^nooo. What I meant was don’t talk about NE like they were. … o.O</p>