Northern Preppy vs. Southern Preppy

[KillarneyRose]

The difference between Northern Preppy and Southern Preppy was mentioned in the "Popped Collars" thread. I am familiar with the Northern Preppy look, but I'm not familiar with the Southern Preppy look. Could someone in the know please compare and contrast the two for me?

Thanks!

[Rudey]

Well-to-do Southerners send their children to Northern schools. Those folks tend to wear polo shirts and loafers and think they're living the good life. I, personally, think the main difference is that in the North we don't wear overalls but Southern preppy folk iron their overalls.

-Rudey
--Was that a joke? Perhaps not but we'll never know

[mrblonde]

Northern preppy: Pink polo shirt/no pocket khakis/boat shoes (no socks)

Southern preppy: Light blue/yellow Izod shirt/cargo short khakis/sandals



And overalls. All day, every day

[CarolinaCutie]

Originally posted by Rudey
Well-to-do Southerners send their children to Northern schools.

What makes you think that? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Well-to-do Southerners tend to go to prestigious SOUTHERN schools. I would also say that many of the richer Southerners have less of a bias against public schools... UGA, Auburn, Carolina, etc. You'll see lots of Southern money children there.

[HBADPi]

I dont know about the south but at my MA prep school abercrombie and jcrew were the staple stores everyone who was someone shopped. So yeah lots of khakis and polo shirts.

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

Not really. You'll see a lot more of the South's best and brightest in college up North than you might think. If you can afford it, and can get in, you'll probably go to Yale rather than a Southern school, especially a state school.

[dgfromtx]

Originally posted by mrblonde
Northern preppy: Pink polo shirt/no pocket khakis/boat shoes (no socks)

Southern preppy: Light blue/yellow Izod shirt/cargo short khakis/sandals



And overalls. All day, every day

izod? lol. well, if i were in Mississippi i'd say that's a definite match (i say that b/c @ the cotton bowl this is ALL i saw.)

in texas for the most part, guys wear kenneth cole and polo (dont forget to roll the sleeves!)....put that with a pair of 'trendy' denim jeans and some nice shoes, and you have your 'typical' texas preppy boy.

no popped collars here in full force yet. i see a few, and i cringe and hope they will fade away very fast.


(overalls only @ a&m... haha)

edit: i forgot abercrombie.

[KillarneyRose]

Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
I would also say that many of the richer Southerners have less of a bias against public schools... UGA, Auburn, Carolina, etc. You'll see lots of Southern money children there.

That is so interesting that you'd say that, and you're absolutely right once I think about it. My bio sister went to a "verrrrrrry important prep school" ( ) in our native Pennsylvania and the kids from her graduating class who went to places like Penn State, Maryland or the inexplicably popular University of New Hampshire were considered by most parties to be academic has-beens. Even though all of those places are actually pretty good schools.

The glaring exception would be UVA, though. Maybe because it's in the south? Or because it's so darn hard to get into?

[HBADPi]

Originally posted by KillarneyRose
That is so interesting that you'd say that, and you're absolutely right once I think about it. My bio sister went to a "verrrrrrry important prep school" ( ) in our native Pennsylvania and the kids from her graduating class who went to places like Penn State, Maryland or the inexplicably popular University of New Hampshire were considered by most parties to be academic has-beens. Even though all of those places are actually pretty good schools.

The glaring exception would be UVA, though. Maybe because it's in the south? Or because it's so darn hard to get into?

Don't forget the University Of Vermont, I saw a lot of classmates go there but they were also the ones with the money and not the grades...not saying that this is the case everywhere

[CarolinaCutie]

Originally posted by PhiPsiRuss
Not really. You'll see a lot more of the South's best and brightest in college up North than you might think. If you can afford it, and can get in, you'll probably go to Yale rather than a Southern school, especially a state school.

Just because they are the BEST and the BRIGHTEST, and can afford to go to Yale, doesn't make them really Southern. There's rich people in the South that aren't Southern by attitude or behavior.

I'm thinking of the 5th generations of Ole Miss or Auburn students...

[Rudey]

Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
What makes you think that? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Well-to-do Southerners tend to go to prestigious SOUTHERN schools. I would also say that many of the richer Southerners have less of a bias against public schools... UGA, Auburn, Carolina, etc. You'll see lots of Southern money children there.

A) There are no "prestigious" Southern schools.

B) I wasn't just talking about families with money. You can go to Hofstra university out on Long Island in NY. Lots of kids with money...none of that mattered to anyone.

C) And I guess Bush was an exception.

D) Izod is sold in Sears. Do people accessorize that with NASCAR hats?

-Rudey

[CarolinaCutie]

Duke? Vanderbilt? Just because it's not Ivy League doesn't make it not prestigious...

Also, I don't recall mentioning Izod... and I sure as hell don't claim GWB.

Anyway, it doesn't really matter. There's always exceptions to everything. I could never go to school in the North (or live there, actually), and I know a LOT of Southerners who are the same way.

[Rudey]

Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
Duke? Vanderbilt? Just because it's not Ivy League doesn't make it not prestigious...

Also, I don't recall mentioning Izod... and I sure as hell don't claim GWB.

Anyway, it doesn't really matter. There's always exceptions to everything. I could never go to school in the North (or live there, actually), and I know a LOT of Southerners who are the same way.

Duke is a good school...Southern...that's a whole other question. Vanderbilt forget about it. I love Duke though...lots of love for Duke even though they dropped me from 1st place to 13th in this year's office pool.

Izod and Bush are in response to other posters.

-Rudey

[33girl]

Izod is the mass-produced knockoff that everyone and their brother can afford.

Lacoste is the real stuff.

[BrownEyedGirl]

Originally posted by CarolinaCutie
Duke? Vanderbilt? Just because it's not Ivy League doesn't make it not prestigious...

Anyway, it doesn't really matter. There's always exceptions to everything. I could never go to school in the North (or live there, actually), and I know a LOT of Southerners who are the same way.

Co-sign, co-sign, co-sign. Emory, anyone?

And, for the record, you will find Clemson, Auburn, Ole Miss, 'Bama, LSU, UGA, (insert Southern school here) students who are fifth and sixth generations. These old South families send their dollars and their children to the same schools they've all been attending forever.

A high school classmate (who fits the description perfectly - money but not grades) went to the U. of Vermont. But she is not what I would call Southern.

I'd rather go to a Southern school any day o' the week, and it's not because I couldn't get into any others... I applied to thirteen colleges and all of them were below the Mason-Dixon line. It's a preference.

(And please keep in mind, in reference to GWB and Texas preppy, that Texans themselves define their own category - you can't really always lump them in with Southerners. They are a group all their own in many ways....)

To address the real question:

Preppy around here is a Polo shirt, state flag belt, khakis, Rainbow flip-flops or boat shoes. Add a faded baseball hat for casual days and a pair of Crokies for your sunglasses and you're all set. There will be no flipping up of the shirt collars....