Preppy style isn’t just an aesthetic; it’s an entire visual universe with a popped collar. We hardly have to mention “prep” for you to assemble the preppie look in your mind’s eye: a pearl choker worn ...

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IN 1937, Life magazine sent a journalist to Vassar College to observe student life at the wealthiest of the Seven Sisters. Along with ho-hum details about academics, the ensuing article included a ...

On a recent Tuesday afternoon, a student of mine wore an attention-grabbing baseball cap to class. The brim was frayed and worn, and the word COCKS was stitched in block letters across the front. I ...

Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. Lisa Birnbach has seen this all before. But what does preppy style signify now? And how did an aesthetic that once ...

Of course, little about this is really new. Ivy style came to the fore almost a century ago, and you can probably already picture the look: soft-shouldered sack suits, hardy oxford-cloth button-downs, ...

While preppy styling never really goes out of fashion, the aesthetic is staging a takeover as one of spring’s most prominent trends, thanks largely to Ralph Lauren’s now-viral SS25 show. Set at a ...

FOR A RECENT dinner party, New York stylist Rachael Wang layered a little black dress over one of the roomy blue-and-white striped “banker” shirts that she’s lately been wearing more days than not.

When it comes to classic style, there are few better sources than The Official Preppy Handbook author Lisa Birnbach. She recently joined designer Tommy Hilfiger to fete the opening of his ...