preppy

The 86-year-old designer, whose preppy aesthetic has influenced American style for decades, featured looks that emphasized his signature colors, navy blue and white.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

“I viewed the brand for preppy styles geared to an older generation,” said Lavinia Gabriele, a 26-year-old New Yorker, who works in retail.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

For those who are interested, the collection looks like a preppy, a jock and a member of the “Duck Dynasty” cast got together and brainstormed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025

Having gone to Ault on scholarship, Lee recalls that “I always felt I was implicitly apologizing for not being sufficiently rich and preppy and privileged.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025

Kelton gets down on one knee to help him, but the preppy kid scrambles back and points with his working arm.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

I thought of my public-school classmates, buying boat shoes at the mall, as preppies.

From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2019

“It wasn’t like we were a bunch of vapid preppies, but God, we were preppy then.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2018

Light-pink-colored swim shorts have the flashy flair of Sonny Crockett from TV show “Miami Vice,” while pinkish denim harks back to preppies with their fondness for eye-searing trousers to match their Madras cocktails.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2017

Generally civil debates began to break out, with the page’s editors disagreeing about everything from whether preppies would mismatch their socks to the age after which one stops qualifying as a hipster.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2015

But then, he hadn’t gotten along with preppies or jocks either, or with the school’s administrators.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Should I have dressed preppier, like the quick-reflexed, collegiate fencing villains in the movies?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

The preppier back-half of the show, representing Mr. Lauren’s Polo label, lacked the same broad appeal, though it was masterfully put together.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2018

“So you’re going as a slightly preppier version of yourself?”

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2014

"I go to school at SUNY–Binghamton, and a lot of kids wear them—the preppier, more GQ–style kids."

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2013

Paige, meanwhile, having lost her touch with clay, lightens her hair and trades in her bohemian garb for preppier attire.

From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2012

As a magazine writer he played the part of the preppiest young man in the club, and ingratiated himself as a in-on-the-joke insider—a power journalist who became a source for power journalists.

From Salon ● May 4, 2023

In its long-sleeve form, the preppiest of summer staples is a convincing alternative to dress shirts and sweaters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2016

He was at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, at the same time as John Ellis Bush, scion of America’s preppiest leading family.

From Slate ● Jan. 28, 2015

What does that Scandinavian country have to do with the preppiest of American shoe styles?

From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2012

It’s funny how it ends up being the straightest, preppiest, most athletic guys who go all out for Gender Bender.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli