Northern Preppy vs. Southern Preppy

[SOPi_Jawbreaker]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Rudith, you need to stay out of this thread or you might end up in some sort of messed up southern bow tie all guy threesome.

-33
--Think of the children!

Hey it could turn out to be kinda hot...like this:


though most likely it's gonna turn out looking like this:

[WCUgirl]

Originally Posted by macallan25

http://www.vineyardvines.com/index.c...1-f846b854bcf9


There is a link to VV. Is Howard Dean , Kerry, Bush Sr. Michael Bloomberg, Giuliani, etc. good enough for you?

www.southernproper.com

Just go there and look up pictues. I know for sure there is a Georgia Senator and others wearing their ties. Thanks for playing.
Macallan 1 AlphaFrog 0

And there is a difference between being fratty and being preppy. When you think of preppy, you should get an image of some socialite family in Connecticut playing lawn tennis with sweaters and flipped up collars (yes it is actually acceptable in some parts of the country......but Abercrombie and Hollister ruined it.) I am not particularly fond of the preppy style either.

I'm SOOOO confused. Why would someone proclaiming the perfection of Southern fratty-wear cite John Kerry and Howard Dean as examples? I thought the TRUE Southern fratty-gentleman would NEVER associate with anything those liberals were involved with.

[alum]

Originally Posted by Tucker Carlson

unless you can tie a bowtie dont talk $hit about them. and for all i care all you northern liberals can go drink a nice bleach martini. while yall go down that i will stick to my wild turkey on the rocks. the south is the best place on earth and yall are just jealous that we are better. and besides all the cotton in our polo shirts come from the cotton we planted in the south and more than likely it came from my 9,000 acre farm. back to the course

Of course the majority of textiles and clothing are now manufactured overseas despite where the raw material is grown. The textile mills are for the most part long gone from Lawrence due to cheap labor in the south and now y'all are getting a taste of this as your factories are shuttered due to low costs of the Pacific Rim.

[WCUgirl]

Originally Posted by Rudey

My ties cost more than your Mens World suits. If you knew anything you'd know BB puts out ties constantly with new designs and even BB copies. Oh and nobody buys based on what they see on a website since it wouldn't even show that many of their ties.

-Rudey
--You're either really weird and gay or this is all a joke and I'm guessing I was the last to realize it's a joke.

Actually, the joke's on them. Here in Charleston, the only men you see wearing those ties are the 90-year-old kind who don't know whether they're coming or going.

[Rudey]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Too bad Brooks Brothers patterns are dotted, striped, or solid. They don't make any ties that resemble Southern Proper or Vineyard Vines with the exception to maybe their sail boat patterns. Don't make dumbass generalizations. Sorry, but you can look at Hermes, Pete Blair, etc. etc. and you aren't going to find ties like those from Southern Proper.

And no, polo shirts are not supposed to be tight fitting the least bit. Sorry that you are probobly some douchebag from California that thinks shrunken abercrombie shirts are acceptable. I actually do have bow ties. I have some for formal occasions, as well as regular dressy occasions. And yes, I know VV is known for their ties. Thanks. You're an idiot.

Ummm BB is not all dotted, striped or solid. You have no idea what you're talking about. And Hermes is the king of micro designs jagoff.

Let me sum it up for you. Me: Kiton Ties, You: Jerry Garcia Ties.

And nobody said tight but you can't read because where you're from education consists of knowing which pickup your gay pleated "Slate" khakis would look best in.

-Rudey

-Rudey

[Rudey]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Rudith, you need to stay out of this thread or you might end up in some sort of messed up southern bow tie all guy threesome.

-33
--Think of the children!

They wear hand-me-down jerry garcia ties and regis philbin ties and wish they could be grownups that wore suits to work.

-Rudey

[ZTAngel]

Originally Posted by AXiD670

Actually, the joke's on them. Here in Charleston, the only men you see wearing those ties are the 90-year-old kind who don't know whether they're coming or going.

I live in Atlanta and work at a law firm that's considered to be one of the "fratty" ones. There's 2 people here who wear bow ties. Both are in their 70s.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by AXiD670

Actually, the joke's on them. Here in Charleston, the only men you see wearing those ties are the 90-year-old kind who don't know whether they're coming or going.

I don't know what part of Charleston you are in.......but I have spent a considerable amount of time there in social settings with many people my age and my parents age all wering VV, Southern Proper, Seersucker and the like.......Charleston is the frattiest place on earth.......what are you talking about?

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by AXiD670

I'm SOOOO confused. Why would someone proclaiming the perfection of Southern fratty-wear cite John Kerry and Howard Dean as examples? I thought the TRUE Southern fratty-gentleman would NEVER associate with anything those liberals were involved with.

I said originally that VV and Southern Proper gained notoriety from senators, poiticians, etc. I was called out on it, so I provided examples. Your political affiliation has no bearing on a sense of style. So by your reasoning...if Howard Dean or John Kerry were found to like cheeseburgers and golf.......would that mean that all of us "TRUE Southern-fratty gentleman" would have to give up cheeseburgers and our memberships to country clubs? I am confused as well.

[Glitter650]

Originally Posted by Tucker Carlson

unless you can tie a bowtie dont talk $hit about them. and for all i care all you northern liberals can go drink a nice bleach martini. while yall go down that i will stick to my wild turkey on the rocks. the south is the best place on earth and yall are just jealous that we are better. and besides all the cotton in our polo shirts come from the cotton we planted in the south and more than likely it came from my 9,000 acre farm. back to the course

I actually CAN tie a bowtie... and those are UGLY. and actually most cotton comes from California now doesn't it ??

[macallan25]

Actually Texas is the top cotton producing state. Thanks

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Rudey

Oh and btw, tell your mullet wearing friends that if they want to dress in clothing that they should pick brands that are a little less new money than the ones you name dropped.

I can't believe you didn't even touch on the Burberry!

[breathesgelatin]

Let's throw some sanity into this conversation.

Plenty of females like bowties. I do. Bowties are cute but I think in certain situations, if they have particularly crazy patterns or colors, they can come to look inappropriate.

I like Vineyard Vines. Indeed, I bought a little VV tie with Robert E. Lees and George Washingtons on it for my ex-boyfriend as his graduation present from W&L. I really want to get myself the VV bag that has those designs on it plus the W&L Trident on it. But... I think that VV became ridiculously trendy and a lot of people jumped on it to be like "OMGZ I'm southern preppy!" Basically, it became silly.

I do like "southern preppy" clothing and I think in many situations it's appropriate and damn sexy. But as Rudey says, there are times when such clothing looks silly and immature. And if you're really a old money, classy gent, you ain't buying ANY brands. You're buying bespoke items and getting your clothing tailor-made. So let's end this argument.

[Munchkin03]

Um, yeah, hi...Pink is so new money it's not even funny.

I'd rather be no riche than nouveau riche.

[greekalum]

I think it's well established that macallan and co. are just making this all up, right? No real southern fraternity men who have this much to say on the subject of clothing.