What is preppy?

Question

hi im punk i think and im turning prep can you give me the best way and what to buy on a smaller budget(im not rich). and what would you buy if you still wanna keep that punk/flare just a tinsey bit.?

Answer 1

haha nice. You are like exactly what my friend is. For clothes Pac Sun shirts are cool. Make sure to have like a prep jacket though from abercrombie. everything is on sale now so buybuybuy! Skinny Jeans from american eagle are nice too. Pumas flip flops or rocket dogs are good shoes. Hollister is the most prep store around. If you really want to declare you are now a prep go to abercrombie and Fitch they are super expensive but buy on sales! Headbands are really in too. You can try forever 21 shirts, some of the apple ones are cute just watch out for the weird ones. Pearls are preppy too. Pac sun all the way for you though.

Answer 2

I'm not rich either but i'm still able to dress prep when i want to. I don't go to abercrombie or them other stores. Instead i'll look at the pics of people dressing prep and go to any store that has something similar to whats in the pic. Saves u some money and helps u looks preppy.

Answer 3

I would wear chuck taylors to keep the punk look. They're about $20.00 if you have small feet. Or the Van Slip-ons, that are so popular with teenagers these days.

For the prep. look, clothes from American Eagle, Abercrombie &Fitch, and Hollister should fit that criteria. Don't worry, they have clothes on sale there.

Answer 4

The word preppie (or "preppy") has come to refer to people of a certain class, economic status, and ethnic origin. In particular, it is used to describe people from established WASP families. More generally, preppies are people who attended elite college preparatory schools, often boarding schools. Interestingly, the prep school attended is sometimes given more weight than the college subsequently attended, however prestigious the latter. Nevertheless, preppies traditionally go on to some of the nation's top colleges and universities. It is worth noting that a school's eliteness or cost does not necessarily mean that is a preppy college. Preppy culture idealizes athleticism and sociability. The culture also emphasizes deference to tradition and ritual and, generally speaking, disapproval of ostentation. The term "preppy" is associated, not with dramatic designer fashions, but with conservative clothing brands such as The Andover Shop, J. Press, Paul Stuart, J.Crew, Lacoste, Gant U.S.A, Pringle of Scotland, Brooks Brothers, L.L. Bean, Polo Ralph Lauren, Vineyard Vines, Lilly Pulitzer, CK Bradley, Bass shoes, Sperry Top-Siders, Clarks shoes, and Patagonia. An example of preppy attire would be a navy blue blazer, button-down Oxford cloth shirt, cuffed khakis, and cordovan loafers. Typical vacation spots include Newport, RI, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod, Kennebunkport and certain other East Coast beaches, often in summer cottages kept in the family for generations and situated between neighbors one has known for some time.

In recent years, young people have begun to use the term "preppy," often shortened to "prep" as a noun, as slang to describe those who appear clean-cut or strive to seem better off financially than others in a middle class environment. In most regions, especially amongst young people, this usage has virtually replaced the traditional meaning of the word. Used in this manner, "preppy" is often applied contrary to the term's mainstream meaning stated above, as the slang version most often describes "nouveau riche", publicly-educated people absorbed in the middle class hypermaterialistic pop culture pursuit of ostensibly quality-made goods sold at prices for those who can pay for the best and most fashionable. As such, teenagers often apply this slang label to popular clothing not characteristic of "prepdom" such as American Eagle, Aéropostale, Hollister Co., and Abercrombie and Fitch (prior to the original company's bankruptcy in 1977, it in fact was a prep staple). However, the "New England prep" image is still strongly associated with current use of the word. Abercrombie's clothes, for example, often reference lacrosse, rugby, and crew sports typically linked with the outdoorsy New England lifestyle. A prep, the most popular usage of this word among young people, is used to describe a person who dresses a certain way. This way is normally very girlish. Preps normally favor the color pink, and wear clothes, skirts, heels etc. Preps also tend to use the word "like" a lot, but that word is also a tendency of many other different "subcultures". Preps wear very dangly earrings, and are "obsessed" with clothes and shopping.

"Preppy" was also A.C. Slater's nickname for Zack Morris in the teen sitcom Saved by the Bell.

Answer 5

Ok so whats your question!?? Um, well...go to Nordstrom, they're pretty girly-preppy-trying to be cool. If your still a punk (lol thats funny) go to Claire's Boutique and buy one of those spiky bracelets you guys like to wear...you will still feel tough don't worry.

Answer 6

If you want a prep style walk into a hollister or i ambercombie store and look at the people and pictures.

Answer 7

I'm both preppy and athletic. I suggest looking @ fashion magazines like seventeen or cosmogirl and then buy similar clothes and accessories @ cheaper stores like claires, walmart, and american eagle. hope i helped:)

Answer 8

american eagle and hollister are my fav. stores that arent too expensive, abercrombie has probaly the best clothes but everything there is like $50 or more.
good luck!

Answer 9

well prepy is like carlton from the fresh prince of belair. or u r just a teacher pet

Answer 10

abercrombie and fitch
american eagle
hollister.


3 preppiest stores.

uhhh get stuff on clearance.