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    The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"

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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    06/10/09

    In reply to The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"
    I love the striped dress with the anchor. I am not ashamed. I think.
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    Image of ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox) ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox)
    06/10/09

    In reply to The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"
    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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    Image of Zombies make the heart grow fonder Zombies make the heart grow fonder
    06/09/09

    In reply to The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"
    Jezebel, I love you. However, I will cut a bitch for some VV gear.
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    Image of gangey gangey
    06/09/09

    In reply to The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"
    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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    Image of momentsofabsurdity momentsofabsurdity
    06/09/09

    In reply to The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"
    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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    Image of momentsofabsurdity momentsofabsurdity
    06/09/09

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

    In reply to The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"
    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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    Image of happymisanthrope 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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    Image of sciencerules sciencerules
    06/09/09

    In reply to The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"
    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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    Image of swedishfishing swedishfishing
    06/09/09

    In reply to The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"
    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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    Image of brendastarlet is on it 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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    Image of momentsofabsurdity 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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    Image of thatblackgirl thatblackgirl
    06/09/09

    In reply to The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"
    I am a big black girl with a big black girl ass and I LOVE MADRAS. That is all.
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    Image of queenieinmanhattan queenieinmanhattan
    06/09/09

    In reply to The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"
    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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    Image of queenieinmanhattan queenieinmanhattan
    06/09/09

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

    @queenieinmanhattan: L.L.Bean only, for beach totes.
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    Image of queenieinmanhattan 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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    Image of jane-eyre-head jane-eyre-head
    06/09/09

    In reply to The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"
    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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    Image of miss melis is a bee girl for the 21st century 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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    Image of queenieinmanhattan 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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    Image of brendastarlet is on it 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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    Image of greengrey 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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    Image of Mary McCarthyite 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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    Image of thetokenblack 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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    Image of happymisanthrope happymisanthrope
    06/09/09

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

    In reply to The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"
    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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    Image of brendastarlet is on it 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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    Image of velcrosneakers velcrosneakers
    06/09/09

    In reply to The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"
    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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    Image of Liz11685 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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    Image of Kivrin Kivrin
    06/09/09

    In reply to The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"
    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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    Image of stoprobbers stoprobbers
    06/09/09

    In reply to The WASPiest Items In "Vineyard Vines"
    Can someone esplain to this Jew why one might have to stand on one leg to get seersucker ties?
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    Image of marshmallory marshmallory
    06/09/09

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

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

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