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All The Rules To Follow From The Iconic 'Official Preppy Handbook'
“The Official Preppy Handbook” is an in-depth, if tongue in cheek, guide to the appearance, attitude, actions, and accents of an American preppy. And it just might have you wanting to be one yourself.
By Nicole Andre4 min read
Lisa Birnbach wrote and edited the book that would quickly become a defining piece of 1980s culture, if only for the clothing people wore as a result of its popularity. Following its publication, kids in the American Midwest were wearing boat shoes. Even my father, who grew up in a working class home in California, admitted to owning a copy himself. If that’s not a symbol of how prep and the book, which is no longer in print, came in style, I don’t know what is.