Prep’s family tree: The Garden Un-even
On the connection between prep fashion and Eastern Suburbs gardens. Art by Ellie Stephenson
April 18, 2021
Prep in Australia, generally speaking, is dead. In a country colonised long after the establishment of the British and American colleges where prep fashion was derived, the many bastions of prep fashion have faltered. Qualities such as age, parentage, and cultural proximity to the Ivy Colleges have lost their draw in a country two steps and several centuries removed from prep’s source (the Preparatory schools of England). Even the University of Sydney, inarguably the country’s preppiest tertiary educator (Vampire Weekend’s photoshoot on the campus tennis lawns comes to mind), maintains none of the cultural cohesion of universities such as Yale or Oxford. The ivy on the Quadrangle’s walls is just for show.
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Who can resist being swept up in the romance and opulence of Netflix’s popular drama
Bridgerton – and in the gorgeous costumes that take centre stage in the Shondaland production of author Julia Quinn’s historical romance novels?
Beautiful ballroom scenes of Regency-era London, ablaze with society swans dressed in embellished empire-line silk and elaborate hairstyles dotted with fairy tale jewels sparkling in the candlelight, have left us yearning for some of that fashion magic. A scene from Bridgerton . Courtesy Netflix
Set in 1813, the series – which has been renewed for a second season – follows the ups and downs of the romance between Daphne Bridgerton, the eldest daughter of the Bridgerton family and “incomparable” debutante of the season, and the dashing Duke of Hastings. It is joyful candyfloss escapism, breaking the mould of stereotypical costume dramas with diverse casting and not a bonnet in sight.
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The American neo-prep label weaves 80s attitude,
Take Ivy and the energy of a young, Granville Towers-era Michael Jordan into its unisex team-up with the world’s No. 1 professional basketball league.
Having long been glimpsed in the wardrobes of NBA players the likes of Russell Westbrook and Tobias Harris, New York-based Rowing Blazers formally celebrated its popularity inside the league last month, with a collection of kit inspired by 30 years of collegiate style. That has raised the cultural cachet of the ‘prep-adjacent’ brand to an international level, following an assortment of impressive and equally colourful crossovers with Fila,
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