https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:14:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2169062 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 17:03:40 +0000 slim cat 2169062@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Looks nice and shows your range in colors and combinations - #3 and #6 as my favorites .&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2169047 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 15:06:21 +0000 nemosmom 2169047@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, these are all so fun kkards, and yes preppy! The look suits you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2169005 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 02:49:45 +0000 Jaime 2169005@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, preppy and dress for success do seem to come from the same place. Interesting point! I remember the preppy handbook! I was not preppy in any way, but have worn my share of Fair Isle sweaters and loafers. These are great adult versions, and love the blue loafers! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168982 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 01:12:39 +0000 smittie 2168982@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh ah, plaid! Fantastic.<br /> Preppy is awesome.<br /> Loving the headbands. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168948 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 20:55:04 +0000 JAileen 2168948@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love all of these.&nbsp;I had Nike Cortez back in college. &nbsp;Mine were white with red and blue. &nbsp;I like yours better. &nbsp;&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div><br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168936 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 20:16:47 +0000 Anonymous 2168936@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All great, super well done but 4 has that extra something something. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168923 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 18:57:38 +0000 Anonymous 2168923@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You sure do this look well ! I know nothing about this style of dressing other then what gleaned from Seventeen magazine back in the day . So “ classic American “ and I love it on you ! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168916 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 18:50:28 +0000 unfrumped 2168916@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love preppy! These are fantastic examples. I have a lot of preppy items and love loafers, but some of mine have gone pinchy with my changing feet. Wardrobe goal is to find some that I can wear comfortably when out on errands.<br /> Also style goal is to mix prep/sporty luxe/ Athleisure. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168901 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 16:46:27 +0000 Tanya 2168901@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you, Kkards!&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168896 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 16:40:53 +0000 kkards 2168896@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tanya the loafers are from M. Gemi </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168876 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 15:57:39 +0000 Tanya 2168876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great set of outfits, with #2 and #5 my favorites.&nbsp; What shoes are the navy loafers in #5? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168873 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 15:52:32 +0000 kkards 2168873@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>UmmLila -I cannot imagine what it must &nbsp;have felt like to be dropped into the US into a NE prep school in the late 70s/early 80s...i had friends in college who came from other parts of the US and felt out of place...<br />Runcarla- yes, i was wondering if we were going to get a preppie revival, clearly I’m ready</p> <p>For a fashion perspective, my fav was Monday pic #2 with the fair isle, but Friday pic #6 was just so comfortable, that sweater/blazer is just the perfect blend of sweater/blazer.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168867 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 14:52:34 +0000 catherine 2168867@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks so much for posting these outfits. Very inspiring. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168832 Sat, 30 Jan 2021 03:35:07 +0000 Anonymous 2168832@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So much fun to see the preppy outfits. My first college roommate was from New Jersey and wore nothing but preppy. I remember that she and her mother went to special stores for her woolens and that she loved wool plaid kilts with a huge pin and wore a pearl necklace and wore knee socks a lot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168782 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 23:26:39 +0000 Carla 2168782@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m enjoying your OOTD posts very much, and think your pandemic style is great! &nbsp;Yay for getting dressed and having fun with it. &nbsp;I think you are on trend or ahead of the curve. &nbsp;Between the remake of ‘All Creatures Great and Small’,Diana on ‘The Crown’, and ‘Shetland’ - I foresee folkloric sweaters trending. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168779 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 23:18:12 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2168779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These are fun, relaxed iterations. I like the fair isle best. My first introduction to living in the US was attending Choate (a very traditional prep school.) It was also the first time I'd owned a sweater. Fortunately I had a bunch of Izod polo shirts. &nbsp;I bought the Official Preppy Handbook to try to get the vibe but it was no great success overall. To this day, I'm not fond of loafers or blucher mocs. :-)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168768 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 22:40:18 +0000 Bonnie 2168768@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Preppie is one of my favorite styles and these outfits are perfect. I would wear any one of them but my favorite is #6.I love that sweater jacket.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168729 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:36:24 +0000 Gail 2168729@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pic 2 is my favorite too. For some reason I am always uncomfortable with a collared shirt under a sweater . I keep trying but I invetiably end up changing.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168727 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:31:31 +0000 cat2 2168727@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the Fair Isle; I bought a new one this year and it’s been fun to wear again. I was at a private college in the 80s and started in a business formal profession in the 90s, so it sounds like we have overlapping fashion experiences. I was amused to see the Fair Isle trend this year and snapped up a fashion version; it’s been fun. I also found an ivory boiled wool jacket this year at Talbots, which was a hoot because my 80s boiled wool, worn for decades, was also from Talbots. What do you think will come back next? I think it’s time for Madras! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168725 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:21:10 +0000 rachylou 2168725@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Preppy suits you. And all those things say preppy to me too On a side note: I feel Uniqlo is an addition to the prep lexicon... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168720 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:00:36 +0000 Angie 2168720@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Your best set of pandemic outfits yet! KILLER WFH looks<i> your</i> way.&nbsp;</p> <p>My fave is the first outfit in pic #2. Go Queen Preppy </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168719 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:59:57 +0000 Anonymous 2168719@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fair Isle sweater is awesome! Also, fantastic flannel and adore the toggle Prep on! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/wiw-jan-mini-challenge-week-4-preppie#post-2168704 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:01:18 +0000 kkards 2168704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Joy was rounding rounding out the Challenge with gray, I am rounding out the challenge by leaning in on one of my style personas.</p> <p>Even before Angie posted this week on combining style person personas I had decided that this week I was going to lean into my preppie side. </p> <p>There’s been a lot of conversation in the past on what is preppie - for me growing up in New England in the late 70s early 80s in a town that had &nbsp;one of the oldest prep schools in the country, &nbsp;and then later at my small New England College, my take on preppie is based on what those New England prep school and college students were wearing. &nbsp;Back in my high school days i would often dress full out preppy one day and more disco the next, and maybe a little Charlies Angels one day...yes i was a little, ok maybe a lot, all over the place, but hey it was high school. In college, the preppie persona definitely came out more and more. Then as i entered the workforce, it was Dress for Success, with a little bit of preppie, with some trendy stuff layered on. (Looking back now, i can see that Dress for Success and preppie had a lot in common and came from a similar place). &nbsp;I feel like in the past couple of years I’ve started to master how to layer trendy, fashion forward(ish) and preppy into a closet that actually works together and every once in a while, i actually get them, successfully into the same outfit.</p> <p>Anyway, here’s what i wore this week, with a heavy emphasis on the preppy, and maybe just a smidge of the trendy</p> <p>Monday —Fair isle and penny loafers... wore my Levi’s because they were the jeans of choice in high school and college. Although back in the day, these would have been patched instead of holey...and the collared shirt, because nothing says preppy to me as layers, and a button up was 100% part of my look back then.</p> <p>Tuesday —ok i didn’t wear the Bean boots in the house, but i just had to for the picture. Flannel shirt, this one is wool, just reads NE prep</p> <p>Wednesday-plaid, basic jeans and old school Nikes with again a button down...</p> <p>Thursday-there is something about a toggle that just feels preppie to me, probably the nautical association..and loafers (these are more fashion than preppie but still). I was going to wear a twinset it wasn’t warm enough...maybe will try this challenge again in spring.</p> <p>Friday —boiled wool sweater/blazer...boiled wool is just so preppie, i so wanted an alpine jacket (example in the last photo) when i was in college but they were so out of my price range...the fleece pants are a throwback to my college days, and the Tretorn’s were another thing i coveted back then, in high school and college the sneakers would have been Adidas Stan Smiths, Nike’s, maybe Converse . (In the next town over to mine there was a shoe company that bought seconds and thirds and repaired and resold them, so premium sneakers where with in reach, price wise, as long as you didn’t mind some blemishes)</p> <p>Sorry this was long and rambling</p> <p>Thanks for looking. As always all comments and suggestions are welcome and appreciated</p> </p>