Preppy style in clothes

This style of clothing appeared in the forties and fifties of the last century among children from wealthy families who wanted to receive education in privileged educational institutions of the Ivy League, such as the famous college education stoker. The term "preppy" comes from the English word preparatory (preliminary) and means, if it is interpreted literally, "graduate of a secondary private school." Prospective students sought to study in the most prestigious educational institutions and, therefore, scrutinized both their academic performance and their appearance, way of life, and manners. They observed family traditions, were fond of wholesome sports, knew perfectly well and were etiquette. Therefore, this style can be called not just a fashionable trend, but even an independent youth subculture.

Initially, the preppy style was distinguished by elements of clothing of a rustic style and cut, made of natural materials of high quality, which had a very simple classic cut. The coquettishness, frankness and bright accents were not allowed for such an image, a characteristic feature was the usual grooming and simplicity. Makeup was not welcomed, and if it was present, then the simplest, dim, day.

Representatives of this style wore neat hair, hair styled with concise headbands and narrow strips in pastel colors. Graceful accessories of plain design were allowed, and all the jewelry used to complement this style was expensive and, as a rule, jewelery. This style is more suitable for girls from 16 to 22 years old, women did not wear clothes in this style.

Preppy style is called the style of success. This is due to the fact that representatives of this style are distinguished by an active lifestyle, simplicity and naturalness. In addition, they are polite and careful, read etiquette and respect others.

After the 80s of the last century, this style lost its affiliation to the young generation from the privileged part of society, but remained relevant and did not completely disappear. He is reflected in the collections of prestigious brands such as Lacoste, Tommy Hilfighter, Burberry, Ralph Lauren, Gant and others.

An integral part of this style are classic blazers and club blazers, closed straight sweaters, cardigans, various pullovers and jumpers in a classic style. The most characteristic item of clothing is a knitted vest, which was worn over oxford shirts, which are also popular among representatives of the preppy style, especially if they are decorated with a checkered print.

But besides blouses, basic classic monochrome t-shirts and polos (collar shirts) are also suitable for creating such an image.

Currently, among the representatives of this style are very popular sports dresses (so-called tennis dresses or golf dresses), which sit a little loose, as well as plain dresses made of thick fabric, which have a trapezoidal shape - the so-called A-silhouette styles. They are not fitted and do not look very vulgar. Preppy girls often wear skirts. But the length of the mini for them is unacceptable and challenging, so they choose other less explicit styles: pencil skirt (classic moderately fitting skirt knee-length or lower), pleated skirt (skirt with folds along the entire length) or trapeze skirt (flared down the skirt).

Preppy-style guys wear business-like trousers (a classic model of trousers), especially narrowed models with arrows, banana pants (a model wide from hip to knee and tapering to the ankle, also relevant for women) or pants - chinos (free model of trousers, slightly tapering downwards, made, as a rule, from flax or cotton, is also popular among women).Men, as well as women, prefer classic jackets, sweaters, cardigans, sweatshirts, business shirts and, of course, classic vests that can be worn with a jacket or shirt. In the summer it is acceptable to wear shorts in a classic style.

Classic boots, shoes, moccasins, oxfords boots (classic lace-up boots) and loafers (summer boots with thick soles) are great for the preppy style. For girls, pumps with low heels will also be an excellent solution, but a high stiletto heel is quite acceptable if the shoes are not very bright, neutral shades. In the hot season, Vietnamese sandals are a great solution. For the winter season, you can choose classic high boots or half boots. Shoes are better to choose from high quality genuine leather.

As for such an accessory as a bag, it would be better to give preference to bags in a portfolio style, to neat clutches, tote bags or a bag with a shoulder strap, so-called postmen bags. Leather backpacks of the small size will perfectly fit into style preppy. Hair accessories is better to choose medium-sized, discreet shades, as if you are choosing jewelry for girls schoolgirls. Therefore, small bows, invisible beads and studs, headbands and neutral hairpins and elastic bands can be an excellent solution.

Perfectly complement the image of a hat, beret, especially voluminous and knitted. Choosing a hat, give preference to a model such as Fedor, Cloche or Trilby. Large jewelery such as rings, thick chains and large medallions should not be chosen. It is better to purchase modest-looking stud earrings, thin chains with a neat pendant or cross, a plain thin ring or other small jewelry.

Make-up should be only natural, day, consisting of cosmetics of natural colors, the so-called shades "nude". Girls who love glamor, you can make-up lips with lipstick or gloss of light pink color. With regard to eye makeup, you can highlight the cilia, tint them with black or brown mascara and slightly bring eyelids thin arrows. It is better not to use bright blush, but it is necessary to follow the perfect tone and structure of the skin. It is better to choose a good tonal tool of a natural shade, which will give the skin of the face an even tone and will help to hide all imperfections.

This style is characterized by restrained shades of colors and mostly pastel colors. To match this trendy direction, you must pick up clothes in white, beige, gray, dark blue, brown tones. You can dilute the image with red, dark green, burgundy, terracotta shades or khaki. And of course, there can not do without the classic black color.

For preppy style, neutral low-key prints are permissible. So, the cell (by the way, the most popular print among the representatives of this fashion trend), stripe, diamonds and some other geometric prints are perfect. But the main rule is not to combine more than two different prints in one image.

In order to make your look preppy look stylish, you need to choose the right size of clothes: it should not be hanging heavily on you or, conversely, too clinging silhouette. It is important to keep track of things: they should not be crumpled, everything must be perfectly otglazhivat. This image should be multi-layered, a combination of different textures and shades of color is welcomed.

Selected clothes should be made only from natural materials, wool, viscose, linen, cotton or cashmere are perfect. And the clothes should be of high quality. The decorations welcome minimalism, it is important not to overload the image with unnecessary details. To create a preppy style, you can emphasize neatly ironed collars, bent cuffs on the sleeves, a little bit of brightness can be added to the image with a line of contrasting threads. The classics of the genre are appliques on clothes in the form of the emblem of the university, the emblem of a sports team or college logo and many others; they will become a fashionable accent of your style.

To create a modern fashionable style, you can take a mixture of school, sport and business uniforms, and this unusual ensemble of well-chosen clothes will be a preppy style. The main thing is to comply with the measure. Makeup girls - preppy should always be neat and completely perfect. It is necessary to monitor the cleanliness of clothes: even if you put the smallest spot on a thing, you should immediately send it to the laundry, because the main thing is impeccability in everything.