https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:05:35 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1812622 Sun, 04 Jun 2017 02:49:07 +0000 JAileen 1812622@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm on the road in Minnesota and looky here what I saw! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1812135 Thu, 01 Jun 2017 20:44:04 +0000 LaPed 1812135@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Catseye, that's a great write-up!</p> <p>Re: "I guess I'm old fashioned. I like breaking clothes in. They last longer." I say that all the time -- must be my heritage showing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1812102 Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:28:57 +0000 catseye 1812102@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.saltwaternewengland.com/2017/04/reds-nantucket-reds-from-murrays.html">http://www.saltwaternewengland.....rrays.html</a></p> <p>Muffy's expert advice on Nantucket Reds.&nbsp;</p> <p>I am sure she is very serious, but her writing just cracks me up.&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811976 Wed, 31 May 2017 23:06:56 +0000 Isabel 1811976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>La Ped, Sperries are huge here, especially with the jr. high and high school set. &nbsp;And I love me a great, kelly green polo. &nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811900 Wed, 31 May 2017 14:51:11 +0000 LaPed 1811900@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My family on my dad's side has New England roots (Greenwich CT) and is full of avid sailors. I have an aunt who lives on Cape Cod, though most of my immediate family is no longer coastal, having opted for lakes over the ocean. The Reds are the *one* part of the nautical-prep get-up that I've never seen any of my male relatives sport. The Lacoste polos and the Sperry Topsiders (especially back in the 80s and 90s, on my uncles and grandfather -- not so much my dad) were big, but the pink pants seem to be where the line is drawn. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811816 Wed, 31 May 2017 00:39:21 +0000 The Cat 1811816@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting story. Thanks for sharing.</p> <p>I remember a similar book with advice on "how to look rich" (containing statements like "the most polite thing in the world is to be rich"). Part of the advice for men, was an urge to buy pants in a very specific red colour, and readers were told that these pants were available only in one shop, which was situated in some remote place in England and would be open only two months of the year. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811798 Tue, 30 May 2017 22:26:15 +0000 columbine(erin) 1811798@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, I enjoyed the read.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811792 Tue, 30 May 2017 21:57:04 +0000 Anonymous 1811792@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OH <b>ISABEL</b>! &nbsp;I love those attachments!!! &nbsp;I would wear number 3 in a heartbeat. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811642 Tue, 30 May 2017 02:07:44 +0000 Beth 1811642@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm a southerner and have never lived north of the Mason-Dixon line, but nantucket reds are not uncommon here. They do tend to be found nearer to the coast, particularly in the sailing community. I like them, but while DH is a lifelong wearer of bowties and navy blazers, I'm not sure he'd be up for pink pants. He'd rather wear seersucker. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811635 Tue, 30 May 2017 01:08:10 +0000 Isabel 1811635@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>La Pedestrienne, how timely ! &nbsp;I was just in a Vineyard Vines store the other day. This look is HUGE in my area. We live very close to Cape Cod and a short boat ride to the Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. This is also huge in Newport, RI and the wealthier seacoast towns of CT and RI. &nbsp;I HATED this look when I was growing up. I grew up in a mill town and whenever our high school teams played Cape Cod teams or teams from the islands, the entire other side of the field was a SEA of this type of dressing. LOL &nbsp;Kelly green and pink pants with whales , dogs, horses all over them ( the men ) , shorts suits...and it just keeps getting bigger out here. But now I live in a tri town area near the coast where people around me dress like this.&nbsp;<br />For the record, I would totally wear the patch work and rose blazers with a totally black outfit. But my husband would not. LOL &nbsp;Welcome to my world.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811619 Mon, 29 May 2017 20:36:21 +0000 Chris987 1811619@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fascinating! I LOVED that preppy handbook although I never really dressed that way. I remember the first time I went to Nantucket years ago as a weekend visitor I was surprised to see that men really did wear navy belts with Kelly green whales on them. Too funny. Yankee Magazine occasionally does a modern version of this sort of satire, with "what to wear to the mailbox in winter" - LLBean plaid shirt, PJ bottoms stuffed into LLBean boots,&nbsp;fur lined hat with ear flaps, or something like that....they are pretty funny. </p> <p>My ancestors here in NE were very blue-collar so no one would have dressed like that and I'm sure my brothers would rather die than wear Nantucket Red anything. </p> <p>I knew many of the bits and pieces of the Nantucket Red&nbsp;story but had never heard it all put together. I have a baseball cap I bought on Block Island years ago that has the shape of the island on the front in black and no other detail. I always wondered what to call the color. Now I know that it is Nantucket Red! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811465 Sun, 28 May 2017 22:16:14 +0000 Anonymous 1811465@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great article! &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811461 Sun, 28 May 2017 22:07:19 +0000 Gaylene 1811461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I remember that book! It was a hilarious introduction to "preppy style" for a girl growing up in the ranching country of the Northern Rockies. It inspired a local parody--An Official Guide to Stampede Wear. The local version included tips such as the following:</p> <p>Never tuck your jeans into your cowboy boots<br /> Never wear your cowboy hat tilted to the back of your head.<br /> Only wear a large belt buckle if you won it at a rodeo--and, in that case, the larger the better!<br /> A string bolero is the only tie ever worn with a yoked, western shirt.<br /> Wranglers, not Levi's, are cowboy jeans. </p> <p>For the record, those of us growing up in the western foothills could never envision any male actually wearing those pink trousers, even if the Guide insisted it was so. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811454 Sun, 28 May 2017 21:32:50 +0000 Aquamarine 1811454@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pretty sure I had that book in high school </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811442 Sun, 28 May 2017 19:24:30 +0000 Nebraskim 1811442@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Because I am ancient (62), I very much remember one of the best semi-satirical books ever -- The Official Preppy Handbook. It came out in 1980 and was written by Lisa Birnbach. As I remember, there was a lot of copy devoted to Nantucket Reds. It's a seriously hilarious book, made even more funny to me because I've always leaned toward the classic/preppy/sorority look. Lots of jokes about LLBean boots, fair isle sweaters, color combinations like pink and green, and layers of shirts (turtleneck, turned up; LaCoste Izod polo shirt, collar popped; buttton front oxford shirt; v-necked sweater (Izod if possible); navy blazer; LLBean field jacket worn over either Nantucket Reds or khaki chinos with embroidered lobster motif. And sperry topsiders, no socks.)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811401 Sun, 28 May 2017 12:56:02 +0000 Liz 1811401@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never heard of this, which I suppose proves that I've never lived anywhere near the east coast! : ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811374 Sun, 28 May 2017 06:48:01 +0000 rachylou 1811374@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How fascinating. I can imagine a harbour full of coral sails... but speaking of Nantucket Reds - my mum and I saw a tourist couple in them in SF the other day. They really stood out. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811366 Sun, 28 May 2017 04:03:27 +0000 JAileen 1811366@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm grew up on the west coast yet I had heard of these. I've never seen anyone wearing them. I can't imagine my husband ever wearing them. I do remember seeing the office managing partner of an accounting firm I worked for wearing pants covered with tiny whales on golf day. He was from New England.</p> <p>Here's a picture of groomsmen wearing them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811352 Sun, 28 May 2017 01:57:23 +0000 Bijou 1811352@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very interesting read. I often wondered why the Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger men's collections included these pants. I can't ever imagine getting my husband into a pair of these. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811351 Sun, 28 May 2017 01:52:40 +0000 Julie 1811351@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811350 Sun, 28 May 2017 01:47:51 +0000 Julie 1811350@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting read. I come from new england roots- I grew up just south of boston and spent a lot of time on cape cod, in a cottage built by my great great grandfather. I remember seeing men wearing these pants when i was a kid, to a fair degree of ridicule among my more blue-collar family. I also remember some debate about whether or not we should call it pink! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811313 Sat, 27 May 2017 20:01:37 +0000 Jenni NZ 1811313@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fascinating to me from a totally different culture halfway across the world. We have a lot of sailing here (Auckland is known as the "City of Sails) but no Nantucket reds! Thanks LaP for sharing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811310 Sat, 27 May 2017 19:49:25 +0000 cindysmith 1811310@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting! Being from the American south, I knew nothing about this </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811294 Sat, 27 May 2017 17:32:00 +0000 LaPed 1811294@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, hardcore northeastern coastal prep. Definitely a regional thing. I've always wanted to do a hipster-ironic version, but even that seems to be becoming a little too oversaturated here in New England. I like the color, and TBH I kind of like all the cultural baggage too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811293 Sat, 27 May 2017 17:31:43 +0000 Anonymous 1811293@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the link, LaP. I was aware of the Breton connection, but didn't know that Murray's had "invented" them.<br /> I did go to a wedding on Martha's Vineyard where the groomsmen wore them with blue blazers. Suited the vibe of the place and the celebration well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811288 Sat, 27 May 2017 17:10:50 +0000 Firecracker (Sharan) 1811288@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So interesting! I hadn't heard that name for the color, either. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811286 Sat, 27 May 2017 17:05:45 +0000 Aquamarine 1811286@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's huge around here in the Northeast, Jenn. The people I know who wear it are trying very hard to give that "summering folk" vibe, even though none of them have yachts. It's kind of irritating, even though I do enjoy preppy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811285 Sat, 27 May 2017 16:59:55 +0000 Jenn 1811285@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This must be very much an East Coast thing. I'd never even heard of that color! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811282 Sat, 27 May 2017 16:49:41 +0000 L'Abeille 1811282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha I just went down that rabbit hole too! </p> <p>I actually have a skirt from that fabric (with a ruffle). If I admitted it was pink, I wouldn't be able to wear it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-history-of-nantucket-reds#post-1811280 Sat, 27 May 2017 16:34:30 +0000 LaPed 1811280@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Some interesting stuff here. Gender, class, cultural appropriation, and the making of an icon:</p> <p><a href="http://www.racked.com/2017/5/26/15582858/nantucket-reds-pants-history" rel="nofollow">http://www.racked.com/2017/5/2.....ts-history</a> </p>