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I vote Boston, they have Harvard, the definition of preppy.... NYC is like LA, which is more a equal blend of everything.
I noticed in NYC was mostly the jeans and hoodie look, while the expectation was more like the Rachel from Friends look. Never been to Boston but I can imagine. DC is mostly suits. I can see the case for Chicago as well.
Anyhow I voted Atlanta because that's all I know, and I see a lot of the preppy/classy look especially in areas like Buckhead (at least the pre-pandemic years, and even more so 10+ years ago).
I noticed in NYC was mostly the jeans and hoodie look, while the expectation was more like the Rachel from Friends look. Never been to Boston but I can imagine. DC is mostly suits. I can see the case for Chicago as well.
Anyhow I voted Atlanta because that's all I know, and I see a lot of the preppy/classy look especially in areas like Buckhead (at least the pre-pandemic years, and even more so 10+ years ago).
Yeah it seems like the higher the concentration of Universities the higher % of "preppy" types like in Atlanta etc... CA is so far from the traditional ideas of the more majority populations of the east that even the schools here don't seem preppy at all but more like blue collar white collar style, except maybe the techies but even the techies don't seem so preppy.
I feel like half a Chicago is hood the opposite of preppy peppermint..
I put Chicago in the poll just to see what people thought, but I actually live in Chicago and I have to say I'm really surprised to see people say that it's near the top of the list here. I have never seen so much sweatpants and 1990s throwback fashion in my life. It isn't grungy, that's true, but it's definitely pretty laid back about dress.
I put Chicago in the poll just to see what people thought, but I actually live in Chicago and I have to say I'm really surprised to see people say that it's near the top of the list here. I have never seen so much sweatpants and 1990s throwback fashion in my life. It isn't grungy, that's true, but it's definitely pretty laid back about dress.
I think LA and Chicago are on the big board for retro style, no doubt. NYC is right there, too.
But all three class is it up in a significant way, certainly more so than a DC Boston or SF. Just far less conservative, more variety, a heavier focus is designer gear and a mix and match, loud, aggressive style.
I feel like half a Chicago is hood the opposite of preppy peppermint..
I guess it all depends on where you are in the city. I spend most of my time between Chinatown and near Northside. I would consider myself a young business professional so that's the crowd I'm usually in. When I first started traveling to Chicago I was surprised by how stylish people were. They don't wear their clothes in the same manner as we do on the east coast but the brands are there. And they buy them. I also didn't read the part about preppy dress so I def misspoke a bit on that front. But I do see alot of that in Chicago. They pull in graduates from the entire Midwest so you see plenty of Mizzou gear etc when out and about.
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Usually cities with dress code enforcement tend to reinforce a predominantly better dressed population. Most cities have some hipster or casual dress/grunge areas (Williamsburg in NYC; Wynwood in Miami). I noticed a huge improvement in dress v San Diego (where I could virtually get into 97% of nice establishments even at night in a tank top, shorts and flip flops) vs Miami where even being a hotel guest and wearing a Canali polo and nice loafers wouldn’t get me into Zuma because I was wearing dress shorts (in vogue these days with some NBA players). Even when the women—who dress demonstrably better here—wear sweat outfits during the day (not at night) they are expensive and colorful gear.
I am definitely NOT a fan of the ungroomed, 9 month beard, tatted out, nose ring, tongue pierced, ear gauge crowd—they also seem to attract the tatted out, nose and/or tongue pierced women, whom I also am not a fan of. Not my style or crowd.
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Out of the list, the New York Metro Area (preferably affluent NJ, Long Island, Westchester, and CT). Boston is up there too with New England chic in the preppy areas. I definitely had to step up my clothing game which leans towards clean/classier when moving back from out West.
SWCT and Westchester are good picks- probably top honestly. Then Boston.
NJ and Long Island have too much form-fitting and European-like influence, and too many dark colors. A sleeker but still clean look but certainly less preppy than FFC, Westchester, or the Northshore of Boston. You can find this look in those areas in abundance too but it's typically of the more urbane NYU/BU types and not the preppy Boston College/Fairfield University types and it doesn't extend as deep into the older adult population as it does in NJ and NYC/LI. Kind of the difference between Canada Goose and Patagonia. Canada Goose Is cooler in Suburban NJ whereas its mostly urbane and urban in MA. IN CT (and MA) they love their Patagonia. You get to Boston and point north towards Maine and the more earthy LL Bean can start to pick up steam (as opposed to REI out in VT or Carhartt in New Hampshire).
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