/fa/ - Fashion

[Anonymous No.13665429]

what does everyone think of kjp and preppiness in general?

[Anonymous No.13665433]

the only people who hate on prep are poor people and burnout losers, it radiates sucess and general wealth, sorry poorfags ;)

[Anonymous No.13665434]

>>13665429
kjp? prep can look good, can also easily veer into precious, old, or trashy. RL purple label would be my pick among brands currently out there

[Anonymous No.13665472]

>>13665429
Noah NYC is doing prep really well right now.

[Anonymous No.13665476]

>>13665429
I've met them in person/talked a few times since I live in New England (CT) and some of my family friends are related to them so they've been at a few of the same family/social circle gatherings. Been to their shop once. Very kind people, even though I don't own any of their clothing. Also, I follow them on instagram and some of their posts are cheesy in my opinion/contrived to make them look like they have the perfect life/American Dream. But I do like their real life versions of themselves more compared to their online personas/insta feed/stories.

[Anonymous No.13665482]

>>13665429
It's how all men past theirs teenager years should wear

[Anonymous No.13665501]

>>13665429
love the fashion, sometimes hate what the culture behind it can be.

I like preppy when its edging towards tradlad academic, not softboy, rich daddy culture.
I heard someone describe good preppy as "bloody knuckles and Beethoven in the Quad". I can vibe with that.

[Anonymous No.13665536]

>>13665434
>kjp
https://kieljamespatrick.com/

>>13665429
Prep is a great clothing style. I tend to follow a lot of it such as boat shoes, nantucket reds, knitwear, canvas belts... but adding other stuff such as chelsea or jodhpur boots and peacoats

[Anonymous No.13665629]

>>13665476
Never met them but although they do seem to be nice people, their online personas are way too cheesy and got on my nerves after a while. Also the clothes they sell are mall prep tier

[Anonymous No.13665648]

>>13665629
yep, couldn't agree more with you. I cringe at some of their posts, but it does help sell their products so I cant knock the hustle/hate. But like I said before, very nice and down to earth in real life.

[Anonymous No.13665685]

>>13665429
the dude in this pic looks absolutely atrocious
colours are terrible (probably a filter), sunglasses make me cringe, popped collar is laughably bad

I like and dress prep but most people do it so fucking poorly

[Anonymous No.13665709]

>>13665685
shirt is the only wrong thing

[Anonymous No.13666027]

Is there a guide or info chart on how to look prep for scrubs like me?

[Anonymous No.13666938]

>>13666027
yes

[Anonymous No.13666954]

>>13666938
No?

[Anonymous No.13667000]

>>13665685
Sweater's a nice shade of green, pants are just basic. Literally nothing wrong.

[Anonymous No.13667740]

>>13666954
O nvm sorry no guides

[Anonymous No.13667762]

>>13665429
Gay, almost a decade behind the trends. Prep was a late 2000s, early 2010s thing, it's really unwearable nowadays.

[Anonymous No.13667773]

>>13667762
>a style in which the only things that have changed in basically 40 years are the cuts and colours is outdated
prep is still going strong. though you don't have to look like you're straight out of 'take ivy', that can be overdone (besides the fact that there are very little made in USA brands left). Prep is really well mixable with British brands such as John Smedley, Sunspel and Fred Perry, and with the Italian menswear brands (Canali, Brioni, Corneliani, Loro Piana, Cucinelli, Zegna etc.).
Some things are kinda outdated though, you look ridiculous in nantucket red, teal and piss yellow stuff they used to wear a decade or 2 ago.

[Anonymous No.13667779]

>>13667773
Must be an American thing then. Anywhere else, prep looks like major autism.

[Anonymous No.13667785]

>>13667779
idk. I'm from the Netherlands and I see it sometimes.
but often the line between 'nouveau-riche-pretending-to-be-old-money-core' and 'somewhat-preppy-inspired-outfit' is very thin.

[Anonymous No.13667797]

>>13667779
I see it often in Spain. But anybody dressing in boat shoes, loafers, polo shirts, button downs, blazers, pastels... is directly associated with People´s Party and right wing voters

[Anonymous No.13667839]

>>13665476
>I live in New England (CT)

Hello fellow CTfag. Where are you at ? Milford here? Im assuming you're in fairfield county or sumshit

[Anonymous No.13667852]

>>13667839
Old Saybrook

[Anonymous No.13667855]

>>13665429
the people that unironically dress like this are no one you want to emulate. they are such fucking losers. like this isn't coming from envy they actually just suck as people and are usually vapid / completely uninteresting

t. top boarding school student, upper tier college, top tier fraternity in said sollege

[Anonymous No.13667857]

>>13667852
Nice!

[Anonymous No.13667863]

>>13667855
isn't it much to generalize all people who dress like that? Like obviously there will be ppl who DO dress like that, that are vapid but you don't personally know the couple in OP's pic. And someone stated that they are genuinely good people.

[Anonymous No.13667880]

>>13665429
Prep as a whole might be a bit much most of the time.
A lot of prep pieces are nice however.

[Anonymous No.13667887]

>prep
fucking cringe

[Anonymous No.13668223]

>>13667863
thats fair. i guess generally my experience with them is that even if they aren't vapid they usually are completely unaware of how the world works. I know its not exactly their fault but its hard for me to feel bad for them after a while. Not going to go on a rant here but yeah do you my man

[Anonymous No.13668259]

>>13667779
In Germany it's mostly common amoung frat boys.

[Anonymous No.13668279]

>>13665472
go judge a body surfing contest

[Anonymous No.13668311]

>>13665476
>some of their posts are cheesy in my opinion/contrived to make them look like they have the perfect life/American Dream. But I do like their real life versions of themselves more compared to their online personas/insta feed/stories.

I remember seeing this guys instagram a lot a few years ago and yeah, it makes his whole life seem like a LARP. Why do people do that shit? I have one friend who is a pretty successful model (I've seen her posted her a few times) and she does the same thing. It's a total facade and it's not very likable. I guess people do it for business reasons.

[Anonymous No.13668347]

prep is garbage and heres why: theres literally no innovation or originality behind it. it relies solely on tradition, on "dressing like your grandfather" did. it has no daring, no edge, theres nothing risky about it .its as safe as a person can possibly be.

[Anonymous No.13668355]

>>13665429
>kjp

Like the style, but those anchors are really overdone

[Anonymous No.13668393]

w2c prep clothing in Europe?

[Anonymous No.13668413]

>>13665685
>not popping your collar to keep the sun off your back while you take the family sloop out for a jaunt to Fisher's

That was the whole purpose of popped collars. You don't know shit about what you're talking about; pick another thread to lie in.

>>13667762
low-quality bait

>>13667855
>t. top boarding school student, upper tier college, top tier fraternity in said sollege
x

>>13668347
>it has no daring, no edge, theres nothing risky about it .its as safe as a person can possibly be.
I know you're trying to make a valid point here, but it sounds a lot more like you're just projecting your insecurities about being a wallflower your entire life and your only outlet of personal expression is xerox'ing "trends" you don't have the physique or bank account to emulate.

[Anonymous No.13668427]

>>13667773
>Zegna

Which Zegna brand do you mean?

[Anonymous No.13668507]

>>13668393
Ralph Lauren
Tommy Hilfiger
Sebago
Sperry Topsider
Saint James
Armor Lux
Barbour
Lacoste

Those brands are probably easy to find in Europe and have prep style. I want to find L.L.Bean...

[Anonymous No.13668558]

>>13668413
no one likes u in person trust me

[Anonymous No.13669130]

>>13668558
He already knows. Wouldn’t be on 4chan otherwise.

[Anonymous No.13670283]

Is this /prepcore/

[Anonymous No.13670285]

>>13668507
>Ralph Lauren
shitty brand for wannabe hools
>Tommy Hilfiger
High street shit that lost it's prestige ages ago
>Lacoste
prep for Arabs maybe

[Anonymous No.13670375]

>>13670285
you obviously don't buy the right pieces when it comes to Ralph Lauren

I agrree most Polo stuff is mall tier because it is, but some of their nicer stuff you can only get online or at their flagship store is worth it

[Anonymous No.13670613]

>>13670375
In Europe is not really a mall brand, its usually expensive

[Anonymous No.13670620]

>>13670613
yeah but you can still find it in malls, atleast here in the Netherlands.
When people say mall brands they mean at the low tier the fast fashion shops (zara, h&m etc.) and at the high end the other brands you'd find in malls that are still kinda expensive (polo ralph lauren, lacoste, fred perry, hilfiger, gant, mcgregor etc.) but still really common among normies

[Anonymous No.13670689]

Lacoste and Ralph Lauren are perfectly acceptable playing-it-safe boomercore. There’s nothing bad about their designs

Just don’t think you’re fashionable in them

[Anonymous No.13670735]

>>13670375
I like Ralph Lauren I'm just saying that it's often a brand for
1. underclass wanting to look cool (caps and polos)
2. posh students wanting to look like a posh students (the shirts)

[Anonymous No.13670744]

>>13670735
There are few alternatives in that price range

If you stray away from the entry-level prep stuff (Lacoste, Polo RL, Hilfiger), you quickly get into menswear territory. And tasteful, quality menswear is BOLLOCKS expensive.

[Anonymous No.13670757]

KJP is getting old for his 15-17 year old demographic, looks like a pedo when hanging out with his ‘models’

[Anonymous No.13670774]

>>13670744
There are some others: Brooks Brothers, Nautica, Saint James, Armor Lux, Gant...

In Spain we have el ganso, the brubaker and silbon. Those are the brands trying to sell the fratboys

[Anonymous No.13670830]

>>13670774
Which Spanish brands could you recommend for prep and menswear?

I like Spanish brands cause they’re conservative and ... cheap, lel

[Anonymous No.13670841]

they aged like shit

[Anonymous No.13670844]

[Anonymous No.13670846]

[Anonymous No.13670878]

>>13665482
No, not really.

[Anonymous No.13670903]

>>13670830
Spain has good brands for shoes, here you go with some, I link you their websites and in some cases where to see the products:
http://www.zapatoscastellano.com/es/mocasines-hombre/
https://www.meermin.es/en/
https://lottusse.com/en/
https://www.carminashoemaker.com/en
http://yanko.com/
http://berwickshoes.com/
http://snipeshoes.es/
http://zapateriasestelles.es/catalogo/categorias-de-productos/fabricacion-goodyear

[Anonymous No.13670912]

>>13667797
lmao scatalan

[Anonymous No.13670920]

>>13670903
Those sites are mainly all for dress shoes, loafers and boat shoes.

Here for clothes, from fratboy style to menswear. The problem is that you are going to see many sites in spanish (Hombre=men, camisas=shirts, pantalones=pants/trousers):
https://www.elganso.com/es/
https://thebrubaker.com/
https://silbonshop.com/es/
https://www.massimodutti.com/es/
https://cortefiel.com/es/es
https://pedrodelhierro.com/es/es
https://www.purificaciongarcia.com/es/hombre/nuevo.html
https://www.adolfodominguez.com/en-us/man/shirts/
https://www.florentino.com/
https://www.tenkey.es/
https://www.alvaromoreno.com/
https://www.scotta1985.com/es/
https://shop.mrlopez.es/es/
http://www.lemonadeattack.com/

I leave this one here, I think some designs could fit well in a prep style.
https://mumyroom.com/es/15-camisas-manga-larga

[Anonymous No.13670927]

>>13670903
If you are into the sneaker world, this brand got some power the last years, some designs are simple and could fit well in prep style
https://es.muroexe.com/

[Anonymous No.13671090]

>>13670735
J. Press, J. Crew, BB, the list goes on

[Anonymous No.13671156]

>>13670903
Thanks a lot! I will take my time to look at all of them!

[Anonymous No.13671193]

>>13665429
I like KJP. Overpriced though. I've gotten 3 bracelets 2 hats, and a shirt from them.

[Anonymous No.13671606]

only wear prep if you are prep

its that simple

[Anonymous No.13671925]

>>13668347
You are describing trad and not prep. Prep originated as a rebellion against trad styles - so it is literally the opposite of what you said it was. Also the fact that there is a neo-prep and not neo-trad speaks to its versatility

[Anonymous No.13671943]

>>13668393
Drake’s

[Anonymous No.13672828]

>>13668507
>Sperry Topsider

Trash.

If you want boat shoes get Paraboot.

[Anonymous No.13672830]

>>13668393
Cordings for traditional English country wear (great trousers)
Sunspel for the best damn polos in the world.
Drakes for shirts (other stuff can be rediculously overpriced)
Berg & Berg for trousers
Charles Tywritt for cheap shirts.

You won't necessarily find many good places for American preppy, instead you'll find native related "rich people" styles".

Anyone know a good place in Europe/UK for rugby shirts? Also looking for shirts with a nice collar roll.

[Anonymous No.13672842]

>>13672830
>Anyone know a good place in Europe/UK for rugby shirts?

Try Hackett London and Kent & Curwen.

[Anonymous No.13672855]

>>13672828
>170€
You get sperries for 80€, sperries are great in for their price

[Anonymous No.13672866]

>>13672855
You're right but as soon as you can afford it, it's worth it to upgrade. I've gone through three pairs of sperries in three years. I've had a pair of paraboot boat shoes for the past two with no problems.So much better.

[Anonymous No.13672947]

w2c wide wale cords in w28 for max 150€?

[Anonymous No.13673077]

>>13672830
If you want to order online try Rowing Blazers. They have great rugby shirts

[Anonymous No.13673084]

>>13673077
Thanks but Something in Europe preferably as imports from the states can be extortionate

[Anonymous No.13673116]

Couldn't give a fuck less about rich people, that style is just boring as fuck. Right there with the guy's who's wardrobe is nothing but lounge sportwear shit.

[Anonymous No.13673142]

>>13673084
Yes true. If echo the anon above - Hackett are good

[Anonymous No.13673145]

>>13673142
I’d*

[Anonymous No.13673340]

w2c not expensive prep in EU

[Anonymous No.13673381]

>>13673340
You'll regret buying cheap shit when it breaks or gets ugly after only a couple wears. Just wait until the sale with most purchases
Anyway some brands available here (idk why everyone keeps saying 'in Europe' since we have basically the same availability of brands as in the US, and made in USA is as good as dead) :
Knitwear: John Smedley, William Lockie, Saint James, PRL, Barbour, Loro Piani, Cucinelli (some of these are borderline unattainable, some are really good when bought on sale)
Shirts: Drake's, Brooks Brothers, Canali, Eton, Gant, Corneliani
Polo: Lacoste, Fred Perry, Paul Smith
Trousers: I'm 194cm so I'm stuck with mallbrands like PRL for now since I need length sizes. I need some blue chino's though, think I might try Asket heard some good things about them

[Anonymous No.13673509]

>>13673381
>idk why everyone keeps saying 'in Europe' since we have basically the same availability of brands as in the US

Quoddy
Rancourt co
J.press
O'connells
Kamakura
Brooks Bros (huge mark up in Europe makes it completely not worth it)
Alden
Gitman Vintage

Just a couple preppy brands that I lust over but are unavailable in Europe due to crazy high import duties.

>Lacoste
Please recommend something else. Lacoste is trash quality.
>Paul Smith/Fred Perry
I wouldn't say they are prep.

Thanks for the suggestions though.

[Anonymous No.13673573]

>>13673509
Imo the worst feel is
>tfw no Land's End / Bean

[Anonymous No.13673586]

>>13673573
Nope, the worst is kamakura. Trust me, I tried one of their shirts on a trip to NYC and I wish I had bought more. Great fabric, great collar roll. I've worn this shirt so much for the last 5 years that the collar and sleeve hems are starting to fray and the fabric was anything but thin. For like $70 it doesn't get any better.

[Anonymous No.13673594]

>>13665433
I think you'll find it is the opposite. It actually radiates "try-hardiness", why? Because if you actually have ever gone to a college, certainly one which would entail that preppiness, like Harvard, or Yale. Most of them will look like they've just done their laundry. Why? Because they probably have, or are extremely hungover. No one actually dresses like that at college, you spastic.

[Anonymous No.13673647]

>>13673586
Kamakura ships to my (european) country. What fit should I go for slim?

[Anonymous No.13673686]

>>13673509
I can get and actually buy BBs stuff for similar prices to the US
https://www.elcorteingles.es/brooks-brothers/moda/hombre/

[Anonymous No.13673692]

>>13673686
5.9€ is shipping cost to EU

[Anonymous No.13673750]

>>13673647
They ship to mine too, but shipping charges $40 + import duties. So you better be sure about what size and fit you want because sure as hell aren't sending them back.
I have the tokyo (slim) fit, I don't remember how the ny fit fits but tokyo is pretty slim. Be aware that they do shrink on washing

[Anonymous No.13673782]

>>13673686
Oh cool. I'll give it a try. Thanks. What do you normlly get?

[Anonymous No.13673869]

>>13665685
disagree on all but the popped color.

[Anonymous No.13673879]

>>13673782
I bought 2 polos (dark blue and light green) and 1 chino (light blue) from there. Polos on sale were 60€ I think and the quality is great (supima cotton)

[Anonymous No.13673904]

>>13670285
ralph lauren is one of the best american brands of all time

[Anonymous No.13674700]

>>13665429
What’s kjp?

[Anonymous No.13674754]

Gant has the best obd's

[Anonymous No.13674780]

>>13674754
>Gant has the best obd's
>Little babby collars with no roll.

No thanks.

[Anonymous No.13674826]

>>13674754
Gant ocbd are decent if you can get them for half the normal price. They are very far from being the best, unless we're talking heyday Gant.

[Anonymous No.13675419]

>>13674700
whats google

[Anonymous No.13675473]

>>13673594
t. Community College student

[Anonymous No.13675921]

>Gant
lmao enjoy your mallcore

[Anonymous No.13676208]

>>13666027
We have prep threads every once in a while. For now just look at take ivy and the preppy handbook.

Dumping some stuff

[Anonymous No.13676218]

>>13668507
>>13672828
>Sperry topsider
>boat shoes in general
Blucher mocs and camp mocs are obviously the superior choices

[Anonymous No.13676225]

>>13670283
I doubt you could pull off a letter sweater nowadays but the one on the left is. Others are a little outdated.

[Anonymous No.13676239]

>>13670744
J. Press
LL Bean
Original montgomerey
Barbour
Alden

For pants just go basic Levi's, gap, other mall stuff if ok quality

I personally haven't found a great source of shirts, but they should be a kinda relaxed fit so anything goes.

[Anonymous No.13676252]

>>13676208

[Anonymous No.13676256]

>>13676252

[Anonymous No.13676259]

>>13676256

[Anonymous No.13676633]

How am I supposed to wear this nice stuff when I don't leave the house? Wheres the ivy lounge wear?

[Anonymous No.13676735]

>>13673594

During college yes, after college no.

[Anonymous No.13676744]

>>13667779

In the UK it's a major sign that you're posh. But I'd rather be posh than illiterate Labour scum.

[Anonymous No.13676758]

>>13665429
Sensible prep is nice, but I find if you're under 25 it's hard to pull off.

[Anonymous No.13676793]

>>13676758
If you're under 25 you have to tone it down. Eg: wear a tucked in shirt with jeans/khakis and penny loafers with colorful socks.
Most importantly never ever take yourself too seriously and don't try to get every detail perfect. Let the shirt untuck and billow, loafers get scuffed, shetland sweaters wear out, part your hair but let it get messy throughout the day. If you wanna wear dressier pants like flannels (or creased khakis) swap the loafers for beat up white sneakers.
I've been dressing prep since I'm 19, walking a fine line between looking too dressy and looking like a crusty slob admittedly pretty successfully (from my own and others opinion).

[Anonymous No.13676805]

>>13676758
>>13676793
What I (23) do is to dress rather formally, but with a playful print on either my shirt or my pants

[Anonymous No.13676824]

>>13676805
Good stuff

[Anonymous No.13676944]

Toughts on Noah NY?

[Anonymous No.13676948]

>>13676944

[Anonymous No.13676951]

>>13676948

[Anonymous No.13676953]

>>13676951

[Anonymous No.13676957]

>>13676953

[Anonymous No.13676963]

>>13676957

[Anonymous No.13676967]

>>13676963

[Anonymous No.13678028]

>>13676967
This shirt is fucking horrible

>>13676953
Nice

>>13676951
Looks comfy

[Anonymous No.13678941]

Wish non whites would stop trying to appropriate it.

[Anonymous No.13678976]

do you guys have a white cable knit fisherman sweater in your wardrobe? if so how often do you find yourself wearing it? curious if i should drop the money on one.

[Anonymous No.13679008]

>>13665433
Nobody thinks you're rich because you dress like a boomer substitute school teacher.

[Anonymous No.13679358]

>>13678976
Yes. Its an aran sweater

[Anonymous No.13679985]

>>13676953
where to cop straight edge rugby

[Anonymous No.13680250]

>>13679985
Noah ny

[Anonymous No.13680686]

>>13670920

>Pedro del Hierro

Literal 50-year-old Charo tier

[Anonymous No.13681446]

>>13670841
Kek bro, they both look better after over a decade

[Anonymous No.13681475]

I like it. It's honestly how I wish most people still dressed.

>Cheap, ill-fitting graphic tees from target with various superhero logos or childish slogans about videogames or other stupid shit
>Gaudy, ugly logos plastered across clothes because they're "luxury"


Cheap and readily available clothing was a mistake. Do you have any idea how many clothes a person can go through in their life? How many of those clothes end up in goodwill, or just in the dumpster?

Fucking tons. Tons of clothes. I wish we still dressed like this - lots of collars, simple color choices, few, if any logos on clothing.

Fuck I'm so pretentious FUCK

>>13665501
>like preppy when its edging towards tradlad academic,

This is correct.

[Anonymous No.13681876]

the classic maritime clothing is always great although the classic naval look is more interesting than the yacht club side of it

>>13676208

I've never understood the fascination with this kind of school uniform. Maybe because it is more normal/common in britain and because I was actually forced to wear blazers etc. at school

The blazers were stupid(especially the head boy's blazer which had more sleeve stripes than the average rear admiral) but forcing the seniors to buy expensive custom ties with the school's crest to distinguish them from lower year shitters was a stroke of genius.

[Anonymous No.13681918]

>>13676951

I want a jacket last me these slacks.