LESS IS MORE, MORE OR LESS

Much of the summer, many preps and prep families will head to the summer house.  Whether a summer compound or a summer cottage or a summer shack is all that matters to the sensible prep.  The importance is not so much the house, it's the lifestyle. Plain and simple.

It is also the location. It's not necessarily the biggest and best house on the beach, but rather the the finest of  great prep towns.  That alone can make the difference.  

 

Surely there are lots of glitzy summer towns with lots of action and lots of night life and lots of people in fancy cars and  designer clothes!  That may be a magnet for some but the good ol'  prep will find the outermost house in the company of like minded folks bedecked in  Nantucket Reds, Seersucker, Madras and 100% Cotton!

 

The History of Nantucket Reds

Reds are better from Murray's!  There are some who would say that anything is better from Nantucket!  Although, there are many fine quality red pants from Brooks Brothers,  Ralph Lauren Polo,    

J.Crew.....Vineyard Vines ..an interesting note, J.Crew was new in the mid to late 1980's!  They found a niche' and ran with it!  While I was at Brooks Brothers, it was just in the beginning stages....there was one store at South Street Seaport in Downtown Manhattan! 

Vineyard Vines  is one of the latest. Shep and Ian took their idea and ran with it.  As a colleague from my Brooks Brother's said recently, "That should have been our business!" 

I replied in the tune of a Beach Boys Favorite, "Oh, wouldn't it be nice!" I even love their logo!

 

Bullish on Vineyard Vines Boxers!

 

J. Crew Women's Reds: 

 

Ralph Lauren Polo Sport Women's Reds:

 

Brooks Brothers Men's Madras:

 

 

J.Crew Women's Madras:

J.Crew Women's Madras:

 Lilly Pulitzer Women's Madras:

Family compounds are good. No doubt. Yet, that is not the only route to the good life.  There have been family summer rentals for years and years by the finest of families and friends in the finest of locations.  Own, rent or visit is of no concern to the prep culture.  After all, getting there is half the fun and making lots of memories is all that matters!  Besides, you'll have to have the framed photos of your best beach shots all over your teeny tiny apartment on the Upper East Side or Beacon Hill!!!

Oh!
One more thing!  Would you buy any of the merchandise above?  Remember
that I love to share some of the finer prep shopping experiences with
educated and intelligent shopping choices?  From the finest   stores and
quality name brands, the merchandise above has been sold in my e-bay
store!  New with tags, new without tags and pre-owned!  In my earlier
life at Brooks Brothers, I never could have known that I could have my
own store (on-line)
selling fine quality and well regarded classics
(with tags and without!) to savvy shoppers like me!