Preppy

As Preppy, Preppie or Prep are in the English speaking students or graduates of a prestigious secondary school ( " Preparatory school " ) denotes that come from a wealthy family home, which often belongs to the population of the so-called WASPs, is to be very conservative and a corresponding maintain lifestyle. Critically, they are keen to be seen as snobs.

The neologism developed in the 1950s in the United States, especially in New England. The short- term prep for students of " Preparatory schools" found admission into general use; since then is preppy / preppie the name for the lifestyle and also the dress code of this group.

In dictionaries, the word " preppy " and colloquially translated as " nifty ".

Preppy applies not merely as a fashion clothes, but as an elite lifestyle of people with significant self-esteem and conservative attitude towards life, who want to emphasize their ( desired or constructive) as belonging to a high social layer, and feel their material well-being as self-evident, but not pronounced him ( but rather understated ) want to flaunt.

The Ivy look from the 1960's is also a fashion direction of the preppy style, which comes from the Ivy League colleges in the northeastern United States. An example of the influence is Mike Nichols ' film The Graduate in 1967: the main character Benjamin Braddock is a Preppy.

The styling principles reminiscent of the Popper - style of the 1980s. Polo shirts, tweed suits, blazers in school uniform look, Cordjacken with elbow pads, button-down shirts, chinos and loafers are just as important as monograms and coats of arms, horn-rimmed glasses, chronograph and slim belt as accessories. It design cues from the sailing mode with classic British ( Scottish ) patterns are combined, for example ( called plaid, stripe and diamond pattern, Argyle ); the materials are high quality and exclusive (for example Cashmere ).

Typical brands are, for example, Marc O'Polo, Lacoste, Tommy Hilfiger, LL Bean, Polo Ralph Lauren, Lilly Pulitzer, Brooks Brothers, Vineyard Vines, J. Crew and Fred Perry. Fashion models of Preppys used to be the young John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie; Today Prince William and Kate Middleton.