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Sputnik_Sweetheart
06/10/09

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I love the striped dress with the anchor. I am not ashamed. I think.
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ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox)
06/10/09

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Wait... where are the infamous "Salmon Pants" and checkered mens pants?? I was in shock moving to Boston (from California) and I took many photos of random dudes sporting the two NE staples.
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Zombies make the heart grow fonder
06/09/09

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Jezebel, I love you. However, I will cut a bitch for some VV gear.
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gangey
06/09/09

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Am I the only one who looks at those and thinks "children's clothes?"

Because, sure, the crab and whale and starfish prints are super cute! For kids.

I grew up in Cali, though, and our fashion has its own set of issues.
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momentsofabsurdity
06/09/09

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I work for a similar clothing company (though not Vineyard Vines!) and the shit coming out next season soon is SO SO SO J. Crew. Most all of the other companies that cater to that market are going this route too so expect to see a lot of preppy but not quite that expensive clothing in the next couple seasons.
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momentsofabsurdity
06/09/09

@momentsofabsurdity: I shouldn't say "shit" -- I actually adore J. Crew. But still.
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walnuts
06/09/09

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Why does a grown man want to look like his mother dressed him? JUST SAY NO to ribbon belts and pink polo shirts. Please WASPS? more like Potomac, MD wannabes
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happymisanthrope
06/09/09

@walnuts: Dear Walnuts, on this we'll agree to disagree as I happpen to like my guys in pink polo shirts.
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sciencerules
06/09/09

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I have a houndstooth bikini. My collar is popped ANY TIME I am wearing a shirt with a collar. I am exactly this target audience. And I wish my boyfriend would wear a tie with tiny things on it. Here at UVA, this kind of shit totally flies.
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swedishfishing
06/09/09

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Ahh, that tote will haunt my dreams. I went to a small college in Maine and I think about 40% of the girls I went to school with had one. You'd think the LL Bean one would be more popular because the 24-hour store there is really the only thing to do late at night in Maine, but you'd be wrong. Maybe it's the zipper on the VV ones? I'm still too sad about the blandness to investigate.
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brendastarlet is on it
06/09/09

@swedishfishing: but they're $98! I'm not spending $98 for a tote with my college ribbon.
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momentsofabsurdity
06/09/09

@swedishfishing: I go to a small college in Maine too -- Bates, Bowdoin or Colby? Or don't answer if that totally makes you uncomfortable.

EVERYONE here has an LLBean tote, including myself. Well, that's not true. Some people have Lands' End.

What can I say? Canvas totes are nice and they last FOREVER.
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thatblackgirl
06/09/09

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I am a big black girl with a big black girl ass and I LOVE MADRAS. That is all.
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queenieinmanhattan
06/09/09

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My family is uber-WASPy (well, my mom's side is - CT and MA, prep schools, the whole bit), and we've had Vineyard Vines ties featured in several weddings. One wedding was WASPier than WASPy: the bride and groom met at St. Paul's, and had custom ties (featuring pelicans, the St. Paul's mascot) made for the wedding party.

Say what you will, but they were cute, and I loved them. But all of this in one place is a bit...overwhelming.

Most ridiculous are the imitation Lands' End totes trimmed in Vineyard Vines silk. Um, real WASPs know that you shouldn't pay more than 30 bucks for a beach tote. WASPy, ur doin it rong.
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queenieinmanhattan
06/09/09

@queenieinmanhattan: Also: the Vineyard signs tie? Ugly and tourist-tacky. Yowza!
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brendastarlet is on it
06/09/09

@queenieinmanhattan: L.L.Bean only, for beach totes.
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queenieinmanhattan
06/09/09

@brendastarlet is on it: Oh, are the L.L. Bean's the original ones? They really are the best thing - also good for gym bags.
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jane-eyre-head
06/09/09

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My family home is on the vineyard. No one dresses this way. That shit is sold to the tourists so they can feel like they fit in while they visit.

Besides, real yankees NEVER buy new clothes.
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miss melis is a bee girl for the 21st century
06/09/09

@jane-eyre-head: Also, not all "real yankees" are WASPs...
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queenieinmanhattan
06/09/09

@miss melis is a bee girl for the 21st century: This is true, though, being a WASP who grew up in Connecticut, I always think of this as a Venn diagram - in the overlap where WASP meets Yankee, no new clothes shall be bought, nor air-conditioning installed, nor chintzy board shorts be permitted.
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brendastarlet is on it
06/09/09

@jane-eyre-head: well, if you do buy something, you plan on wearing it 30 years.
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greengrey
06/09/09

@queenieinmanhattan: No air conditioning? So my parents aren't trying to torture me, they're just trying to make me a WASP?
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Mary McCarthyite
06/09/09

@queenieinmanhattan: Thou shall not condition the air, purchase new clothing OR cars, carry cash on your person, clean the dog hair off the couch, or give a DAMN what anyone else thinks, darling!
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thetokenblack
06/09/09

@greengrey (is not a star!): Also low to no heat in winter! Just pile on a threadbare sweater and put another log on the fire.
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happymisanthrope
06/09/09

@thetokenblack: @sciencerules: may I ask where you got the houndstooth bikini at, because that sounds delightful.
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Dictator for Life
06/09/09

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Aw, my boyfriend wears Vineyard Vines a lot. His personality is nothing like the guy you think would be wearing this stuff. But he likes it, and it looks great on him. He gets made fun of a lot, though. He wore a pair of chinos in "jetty red" to his brother's rehearsal dinner. His brother was marrying Christopher Cross's niece, so there were a lot of comments about him keeping the yacht-rock look alive.
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brendastarlet is on it
06/09/09

@Dictator for Life: do you mean as in "Sailing, Take Me Away?" He's from San Antonio. A Texas preppy.
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velcrosneakers
06/09/09

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This shit is huge in Boston. How huge? I just stepped out of my cube and was greeted by some lady standing in the hallway with a giant tote bag just like the one in this post. It's horrific. I love J. Crew but there's a way to mix and match and not look like... this.
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Liz11685
06/09/09

@velcrosneakers: I know, I'm from Boston and read the whole post like... Why are these things mockable? I want to buy some of those ties for my dad!
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Kivrin
06/09/09

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I'm a WASP in the literal sense of the acronym, but I don't have the money usually associated with the term. Descended from a long line of Scotch-Irish tenant farmers, I am. I've got the WASPiness without the money and the Irish without the Catholicism/drinking. Dammit, my ancestry SUCKS.
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stoprobbers
06/09/09

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Can someone esplain to this Jew why one might have to stand on one leg to get seersucker ties?
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marshmallory
06/09/09

@stoprobbers: This inner-city girl was wondering the same thing...
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badmutha
06/09/09

@stoprobbers: They are referring to the flamingos dahling~! It is WASP code!
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Dodai
06/09/09

@stoprobbers: i *think* it's a reference to "summer picks," on the previous page, and the fact that they have fruit on them. although it is odd that the "fruit" in question grows on the ground (watermelon, pineapple)
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stoprobbers
06/09/09

@badmutha: OOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Ok. That... um, kind of makes sense? At the very least it's an interesting insight.

Being a Jew from Maryland, Flamingo = Pink Flamingos =/= WASP.
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Dodai
06/09/09

@badmutha: Uh, that makes more sense. Clearly I am out of the loop.
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