South vs. North?

[AngelPhiSig]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

You might want to read up on Robert E. Lee a little more -- he went to West Point and was stationed in Ohio, Missouri, Iowa and New York, among other places. In the early stages of the Civil War, he considered the succession of the Southern states to be betrayal of principles on which this country was built. He was asked to take a command in the Union Army, which he said he would do as long as Virginia did not secede. Because he considered his primary loyalty to be to Virginia, when it was clear that Virginia would secede, and only then, did he resign his commission in the US Army.

You're my hero. I was going to say this if someone didnt... I taught that about two weeks ago to my good ol 4th graders, hooray for Virginia history!

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by KSigkid

Haha, that's exactly what I was going to say. CT and Boston both have two huge Brooks Brothers stores, and you see Cole Haan and Sperry everywhere up here.

Does that mean I'm really a Southerner because a good number of my clothes are Brooks Brothers?

LOL! And even though I was born, brought up and have lived in the South all life, because I don't own any of those brands I'm not a Southerner? HAH!

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

LOL! And even though I was born, brought up and have lived in the South all life, because I don't own any of those brands I'm not a Southerner? HAH!

I've been asked to resign my Southern-ness so many times, for so many reasons, why not clothing brands, lol

One thing I really don't get about the Sperrys is this tho' - why don't people wear socks or something with them? Guys, I hate to tell you this, but your feet REEK. To the extent that your sweat-soaked Sperrys and nasty feet that have been saturating in them all day have nearly made me pass out more than once. WHY DO YOU DO THIS??? Prove your Southern frattiness in some way that is less vomit-inducing, please.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

I've been asked to resign my Southern-ness so many times, for so many reasons, why not clothing brands, lol

One thing I really don't get about the Sperrys is this tho' - why don't people wear socks or something with them? Guys, I hate to tell you this, but your feet REEK. To the extent that your sweat-soaked Sperrys and nasty feet that have been saturating in them all day have nearly made me pass out more than once. WHY DO YOU DO THIS??? Prove your Southern frattiness in some way that is less vomit-inducing, please.

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Because they are boat shoes...they get wet. You aren't supposed to wear socks with them.


....and just to add something.....I don't think anyone is saying that the brands mentioned are historically Southern. They aren't. But they definitely are a staple on Southern campuses.....unlike schools elsewhere. I've been to plenty of schools outside of the South and haven't seen near the amount of guys wearing what has been mentioned. Not even close actually.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

LOL! And even though I was born, brought up and have lived in the South all life, because I don't own any of those brands I'm not a Southerner? HAH!

I guess we're living in the wrong parts of the country - someone should have told us sooner.

[ChildoftheHorn]

Originally Posted by PGT_uga

they probably think the same way about our PFGs, costas, cole haans, brooks brothers, and sperrys...

Hey, I grew up in Missouri. I own and wear Cole Haans, Sperry Top-Siders, Brooks Brothers, and guess what..... I Fly Fish and do have Orvis stuff!!! I have since I was really little. Guess what? I have never lived more south than St. Charles Missouri. Granted, I do visit Columbia a lot and vacation in the Lake of the Ozarks.....which is prolly the most Hick vacation spot on earth. Yes, I have been to Gatlinburg twice --- and on purpose. I am not a hick and my family in considered to be in good standing

The truth is that everyone likes to have fun and there is a lot of cross-over despite whatever people may thing. Fashion trends are a ridiculous way to try and separate yourself from any group....just like how Vera Bradley is big in the South, it is becomming more and more of a trend here (I cannot tell you how many girls carry around books in a Vera Bradley Tote.) Recently, I got a letter shirt that has Vera Bradey letters...

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by ChildoftheHorn

....just like how Vera Bradley is big in the South, it is becomming more and more of a trend here (I cannot tell you how many girls carry around books in a Vera Bradley Tote.) Recently, I got a letter shirt that has Vera Bradey letters...

Child of the Horn- I get your point, however I think it is funny that anyone would consider Vera Bradley southern considering the company started (and is still headquartered) in Fort Wayne, Indiana. And Fort Wayne is DEFINTELY NOT southern.

[shinerbock]

Well, believe it or not, some trends spread from South to all over. Vera Bradley might be one, I see it everywhere now, while it used to be limited almost entirely to sorority-type southern girls (at least that I saw). Also, I think its fair to say that the south was on the early end of the outdoor wear boom.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

... He didn't say anything incorrect. I'm not real sure why he should "read up on him."

He said:

Originally Posted by PGT_uga

just dont associate with them [Northerners].

it's what Robert E. Lee and co. did.

That's incorrect. Lee did associate with them a great deal.

Most southerners know waaay too much about him, and always have some sort of bloodline to him

Actually, I would say most Southerners think they know more about him then they actually do, although there are certainly the Southereners obsessed with him.

And I don't claim a bloodline to him (although my great-aunt did have a picture of him over the dresser that the Yankee soldiers let their horses feed from when they came through). My family was in Virginia before Lee's was.

Southern fashion is influenced by the Gulf.

Not in Virginia (or at least the parts of it that can still be called Southern), the Carolinas or much of Georgia.

[SWTXBelle]

Ivy Spice - I don't consider the slave rebellion to be on the same par as the War Between the States - but I concede it was hardly peaceable!

[joproper]

It really is a big divide, i like to think that southern fraternities are more conservative and are closer to the classic frat boy stereotypes