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New from Steele Canvas, The Nantucket Red Collection - Made in Massachusetts
Steele Canvas has just launched their new Nantucket Red Collection, which I am loving.
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BMWs
And The Incomparable BMW 2002...
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Nautical Clothing
The genre of nautical clothing is pretty close to perfect for summer.
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The Way of the Wasp: Camden, Maine Windjammers, 1964, Photos by My Father
Camden’s SCHOONER MERCANTILE, now a National Historic Landmark was built in 1916, and restored in 1989.
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When “Year Round Summer Towns” Open up For the Season
Up and down the New England coastline this time of year, the “year round summer towns” undergo their annual metamorphosis.
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May 2025

Preppy Clothes Have No Soul
So, Summertime...?
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I don't drink, I don't smoke, but...
A Few of My Spring Fair Isles
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Motherland
"★★★★½ (out of five). A very fast, very smart, and more importantly, very wise British comedy with the rarest of attributes, effective cringe." - Muffy…
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And the fog rolled in...
Muffy Aldrich | The Thing Before Preppy is a reader-supported publication.
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The Preppiest New England State
It's Dour-tastic!
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May in Salt Water New England
A few of my photographs.
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Saabs
Musings on a Preppy/Sloane Car
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