J crew ad

[LoveTrains]

Jul 20, 2013 21:38:23 GMT -5 ESF said:

Jul 20, 2013 21:27:58 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

We have staff to change a tire.

::dies::

I think my New England hometown was too working class for me to appreciate this look. I get hives just thinking about pearls.

I wear pearls just about every day. I don't even go to the grocery store without them.

[aMrsin09]

sounds more like a Vineyard Vines ad than J.Crew.

[Jermys]

My Gammy was a NE WASP and I must've gotten my love of all things preppy from her. My BIL bought Freddie an outfit that consists of mint green seersucker pants, white collared shirt and a mint argyle sweater vest. My uterus nearly exploded from the adorability factor.

[stealthmom]

EVERY woman needs a good set of pearls!


On our wedding day my h wore silk, cream colored trousers, a blue blazer and a pink tie.  *swoons*  And he can change a spare tire like a mofo.  The last time I watched him do it he bent  the tire iron.

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Jul 20, 2013 21:46:14 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Jul 20, 2013 21:38:23 GMT -5 ESF said:

::dies::

I think my New England hometown was too working class for me to appreciate this look. I get hives just thinking about pearls.

I wear pearls just about every day. I don't even go to the grocery store without them.

I'm the same way with my pearls :-) and I'm in love with the new seersucker pants i bought at BR yesterday for $12.

[IIOY]

Jul 20, 2013 21:25:03 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

I can get down with a man in a khaki suit cause I love that look, but this other stuff y'all are talking about? No. It makes me think of men with soft hands who can't do shit like change a tire.

It makes me think of every asshole character in every 80s movie ever.

[heliocentric]

Jul 21, 2013 6:03:23 GMT -5 IIOY said:

Jul 20, 2013 21:25:03 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

I can get down with a man in a khaki suit cause I love that look, but this other stuff y'all are talking about? No. It makes me think of men with soft hands who can't do shit like change a tire.

It makes me think of every asshole character in every 80s movie ever.

Exactly. I just picture Steff from Pretty In Pink.

TBH, I like parts of the look but only on non-preppy guys (if that makes and sense). DH has a beige seersucker suit that rocks and he wants those reddish pants. He would not wear them with Sperrys or a webbed belt, though. (Is that even the lastest thing? I am out of touch.)

[expatpumpkin]

Jul 20, 2013 18:04:59 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Like this.

My only issue is the pants are too baggy

[bhnumbers]

Jul 20, 2013 21:25:03 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

I can get down with a man in a khaki suit cause I love that look, but this other stuff y'all are talking about? No. It makes me think of men with soft hands who can't do shit like change a tire.

::sits next to Sou::

I like preppiness, but if DH put on a pair of pink pants, I'd laugh him into the next decade. And those pants are pink, pink, pink.

Also, I hate it when men wear bow ties. If he's over age 10 and under age 80, it looks ridiculous, IMO.

[moreace01]

Jul 21, 2013 8:45:46 GMT -5 expatpumpkin said:

Jul 20, 2013 18:04:59 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Like this.

My only issue is the pants are too baggy

That's my thought - there is a lot of relaxed fit going on in that photo. Kudos on the color combos but...get thee to a tailor stat.

[secretlyevil]

Since my H's casual wardrobe consists of superman tshirts and jeans, this whole thread is foreign to me.

[starlily]

Jul 20, 2013 20:06:16 GMT -5 ESF said:

Lol. My husband just about died when we went to my friend's wedding on the Cape. The dress code for the rehearsal dinner was "summer smart." He wore normal pants and a jacket. Compared to everyone else, he looked like he was going to a funeral.

Some guy in asked him in the bathroom if he knew some Yale song. Then started singing it. H came out and was like, "you owe me one."

I just about died after reading the last paragraph. Lolololol!

[LoveTrains]

ESF that Yale story is hilarious!

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Jul 21, 2013 6:03:23 GMT -5 IIOY said:

Jul 20, 2013 21:25:03 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

I can get down with a man in a khaki suit cause I love that look, but this other stuff y'all are talking about? No. It makes me think of men with soft hands who can't do shit like change a tire.

It makes me think of every asshole character in every 80s movie ever.

I'm here. I'm sure the OP's friends are very nice but my first impulse in seeing men dressed like this is to assume that they're total douche bags and stay away.

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Jul 20, 2013 17:12:04 GMT -5 stealthmom said:

I love the NE preppy aesthetic.  I'm preppy light (LOVE Land's End) and I stick out like a sore thumb where I live.

I have this one mega preppy outfit from Talbots (think patterned pants and matching solid shirt) and one of my students asked me if I was wearing pajamas.  I LMAO.

Also- I LOVE men in pink.  And not salmon or whatever.  actual pink.  It's too bad many of them are too insecure to wear it.

I am not to insecure to wear pink. I am mentally conditioned not to wear it lol.

[mominatrix]

My H's family could be this, but it's like half of them are and half aren't.

His brother teaches at Gould (an honest-to-goodness New England prep school) and looks like something from the Preppy Handbook.

H, OTOH, looks and dresses like Norm Abram. Which is like New England guys who actually CAN change a tire.




eta: he actually just bought a pair of shorts that could be described as Nantucket Red... but they're cargo-styled. I don't even know what that makes him.

[ESF]

Jul 21, 2013 11:06:40 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

ESF that Yale story is hilarious!

Oh thats not even the half of it. The whole rehearsal dinner was like a wasp reunion. during dinner, the grooms parents gave this long ass speech about the "family cup" (a pewter stein) made by Tiffany that generations had drank from on their wedding days.

[ttt]

Jul 21, 2013 11:59:50 GMT -5 ESF said:

Jul 21, 2013 11:06:40 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

ESF that Yale story is hilarious!

Oh thats not even the half of it. The whole rehearsal dinner was like a wasp reunion. during dinner, the grooms parents gave this long ass speech about the "family cup" (a pewter stein) made by Tiffany that generations had drank from on their wedding days.

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H wore them today but with a Tshirt. It made it not very preppy at all.

[Deleted]

Heh. I had to fight DH when he tried to buy a pair of Nantucket red pants at Brooks Brothers once. He was so excited about them and I said hell no. At the time, we lived in FL and only the olds wore them there. Lol.

DH and I both went to prep school and our styles definitely have that tone. My poor kid doesn't have a chance.

[NitaX]

Jul 21, 2013 9:14:57 GMT -5 secretlyevil said:

Since my H's casual wardrobe consists of superman tshirts and jeans, this whole thread is foreign to me.

This is my H. Although, that Green Lantern t-shirt of his does things to me. 

[pescalita]

This is my (Californian) idea of preppy and clean cut. No sloppy linen or flip flops.

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DH says he just dislikes pink--fair enough. I hate brown and don't wear it.

[LoveTrains]

Jul 21, 2013 17:25:53 GMT -5 jenny1980 said:

Is that a photo from the actual wedding? Because those guys look schlumpy as hell.

The one I posted was. Keep in mind it was 95 degrees with no a/c.

[cattledogkisses]

New Englander chiming in to say boat shoes 4eva!

I don't think I've ever seen my dad or brother wear any other casual shoe (only I grew up calling them dock siders).

[LoveTrains]

Jul 22, 2013 10:15:26 GMT -5 cattledogkisses said:

New Englander chiming in to say boat shoes 4eva!

I don't think I've ever seen my dad or brother wear any other casual shoe (only I grew up calling them dock siders).

Thank you. Boat shoes are the best!!!!!!!!!!!