Muffy Aldrich | The Thing Before Preppy

Muffy Aldrich | The Thing Before Preppy

What are the seven preppy shirts you cannot live without?

I'll show you mine.

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Muffy Aldrich
Mar 08, 2026
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I am often asked, what is the foundation of a preppy shirt wardrobe?

The Indispensable Blue Oxford

This quickly spirals. So a more focused and practical way to think about it is, “What if there was some unfortunate accident on a large scale and I lost it all. What would be the first seven shirts I replaced?”

And because it is preppy, then…

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