America's Cult of Preppy People

America's Cult of Preppy People
Glasgow Herald, Tuesday October 6 1981

An old newspaper article from Europe commenting on the "preppy craze" unfolding in the States following the release of The Official Preppy Handbook, published one year before (in October of 1980).

Note the "preppy comic". Fairly humorous.

Also take a look at the smaller article "Classic Lines From Britain". Do I detect a little bit of envy from the U.K. for American sartorial sensibilities? Perhaps not. It is, however, a stretch to claim that preps dress "British". We have indelibly influenced their dress as well (see numerous Brooks Brothers innovations). And besides, Europe is WASP heritage, their very root. These upper-middle class Americans being referred to in this article (and their attire) were European-American's, after all.