Hear me out: the pre- ‘67 “Golden Era” was the Roman Empire, the ‘80s renaissance spurred on by Love Story and Ralph Lauren was the Byzantine Empire, The 2010s #menswear moment was Charlemagne (brief revival following a dark age) and whatever we have now with Rowing Blazers, Drake’s, Noah and ALD is the fractious, divided and multi-hyphenate Holy Roman Empire.
Having recently been back in Lake Forest to bury my mother, I can say that sadly, the "Chip and Muffy" version is still very much alive -- which is just incredibly weird to me, and I grew up there. What I love about the classics/preppy ethos was that the ideal was to get beyond fashion, to a timeless style. So you're not always chasing some dumb new thing. I didn't know about the Japanese connection -- fascinating since probably 80% of my wardrobe these days are clothes I sewed from contemporary Japanese pattern books.
Oh thank you. It was not unexpected, went as well as it could for her, and, um, a relief. And yes, LF will always be it's own weird holdout. Which I kind of love now that I don't live there anymore.
Hear me out: the pre- ‘67 “Golden Era” was the Roman Empire, the ‘80s renaissance spurred on by Love Story and Ralph Lauren was the Byzantine Empire, The 2010s #menswear moment was Charlemagne (brief revival following a dark age) and whatever we have now with Rowing Blazers, Drake’s, Noah and ALD is the fractious, divided and multi-hyphenate Holy Roman Empire.
This checks out!
Having recently been back in Lake Forest to bury my mother, I can say that sadly, the "Chip and Muffy" version is still very much alive -- which is just incredibly weird to me, and I grew up there. What I love about the classics/preppy ethos was that the ideal was to get beyond fashion, to a timeless style. So you're not always chasing some dumb new thing. I didn't know about the Japanese connection -- fascinating since probably 80% of my wardrobe these days are clothes I sewed from contemporary Japanese pattern books.
Lake Forest will forever remain a holdout. I mean more for the larger culture. And I’m sorry to hear about your loss.
Oh thank you. It was not unexpected, went as well as it could for her, and, um, a relief. And yes, LF will always be it's own weird holdout. Which I kind of love now that I don't live there anymore.