Does Anyone Remember "The Preppy Handbook"?

[AnnieBW]

Back in the early '80s, the "Original Preppy Handbook" came out. It was supposed to be a parody of Prepdom, but it was taken seriously by non-preps who wanted to look like they were preppies. People like the Kavanaughs were who this book was written about. All someone on a Democratic Senator's staff could have done was find a used copy of this book, and a lot of their questions would have been answered.

https://www.amazon.com/Official-Preppy-Handbook-Lisa-Birnbach/dp/0894801406

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I remember it very well!

I might even have a copy of it lying around somewhere. It's a great satire of that "look" - Topsiders without socks, cloth belt with little whales, sweater tied around the neck, the whole thing. I think they still dress that way.

[MontanaMama]

2. Still have my original copy.

We made fun of preppies back in the day.

[ProudLib72]

3. $1000 for a new copy????!!!!!

Holy crap!

[question everything]

6. Should have kept and sold it

Instead, recently I went through many books and donated them..

[mulsh]

4. I remember it well. Around that time a family friend's son read and absorbed every page. One day

he and another khaki and topsidered pseudo preppy buddy decided to give me grief about my "hippy" attire and general appearance.

At least until I pointed out that unlike him and his fellow poser public school kid I actually had gone to and graduated from to a Prep school. I tossed off "Non est homo vestimenta sua."* just to drive the point home.


* Clothes don't make the man

[Stallion]

5. Ha! I Was Looking On-line for that Earlier

https://goo.gl/images/dYcwjf

really looking for that guy wearing about 5 popped polo shirt collars but couldn't find it-I know it's out there

(It's good for a few laughs-from an alumnus of a Prep School).

[Demovictory9]

7. I remember the preppy look. Girls with plaid skirts and pearls

[Hekate]

8. I had forgotten about that particular parody! Time for someone to post some pages from the book.nt