Hat tip to one of the OGGGGG preppy bloggers Guiseppe Timore on this one... A church thrift store in Harvard Square ("square" has 2 syllables in the vernacular). It is small. It is cramped. But it is cheap.
Shirts from your faves + maybe some 80s windbreakers or jackets. And great $4 ties... Reminder - at this point you are standing 500 yards from the Andover Shop itself.
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"O sure - HE want to Harvard..."
- Louis Winthorpe III
Pops was a guest lecturer at Harvard in the 1970s when we first landed from the UK. This bow tie's particular shield denotes the JFK School of Government (often called Harvard Kennedy School or just, you know, K School) where 2 other family members attended. I wouldn't wear it but he can.
Great heraldry site from Harvard here.
Because it is almost Thanksgiving it is also time to revisit one of the Preppiest movies ever. We had Trading Places recorded off the tv (VCR kids) and would watch it several times a year (along with Splash) - some lines are part of our family vocabulary at this point.
Great transatlantic idea. Levis Trucker Type II and Barbour material have a baby.
Read a bit about the background of how this came together via Nate Hooper at Levis on LinkedIn.
A denim Beadle, Spey jacket w western pockets, caps, cords and more at Levis or Barbour.
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The opposite of casual Friday... Fridays are tie days is a tradition for many British regiments, and their retirees. Good excuse to flip the script even if working from home...
The above example is a bow tie worn by Old Fettisians. That is graduates of Fettes (full name Fettes College - which is perhaps confusingly a high school in Edinburgh) - a 'public' school which in the UK means a private fee paying school...
If you are an Ian Fleming/Bond completist you will know that James Bond (and his father Andrew Bond) both attended Fettes. A subtle nod to Bond then above...
The day uniform for Fettes has a completely different and very distinct color scheme; brown and magenta (or "sh*t and death" as my attending sister called it - in a reference to John Irving). This connection was applied in full in the teen follow up Bond books - check that blazer;
There is an alternate Fettisian tie that references these wilder colors...
