Which way do you dress - Preppy or Sloane?
Test yourself in 14 questions. (a.k.a. Having fun with false dichotomies.)
Are you more Preppy or Sloane?
For each pairing, which are you more likely to wear?
Give yourself one point in your preppy column for every A choice, and one point in your Sloane column for every B choice. (You cannot choose both.) Where you have neither, take no point.
All Photos of (or by) Muffy Aldrich, taken over the last 15 years.
1. White (or Navy) Baseball Cap vs. Tweed Flat Cap?
2. Blue Oxford vs. Tattersall?
3. Bean Boots vs. Le Chameau?
4. Barn Coat vs. Paddock Jacket?
5. “Me” Look vs. “We” Look?
6. Shiny New Barbour made “anywhere but England” vs. Old Barbour made in South Shields, England?
7. Birdseye Sweater vs. Guernsey?
8. Nantucket Reds vs. Moleskins?
9. Pocketbook: Zipped L.L. Bean Bag (small) vs. Tweed Bag?
9b. Travel Bag: Zipped L.L. Bean Tote (x-large) vs. Tweed Hold-All?
10. Outerwear Lining: Striped vs. Tattersall?
11. Patch Madras Shorts vs. No Shorts?
12. Down Jacket vs. Tweed Field Coat?
13. Yellow Slicker vs. Mackintosh?
14. Bonus: In a Volvo 240 vs. in a Land Rover?
Preppy score: ___
Sloane score: ___
And most importantly, in the words of David Letterman: “This is not a competition. This is only an exhibition. Please, no wagering.”
New York Photo: Muffy Aldrich. Video: Letterman/NBC.
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About the Author: Muffy Aldrich writes on, and photographs, the state of the Preppy, Sloane, and WASP Style and Ethos in New England.
All Photos of (or by) Muffy Aldrich.
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I love Middleburg because we get both of these + the added charm of horsies. 😄
Sloane was up by one. Great images and fun piece.