Why, oh why didn't I save my copy????

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	• The Official Preppy Handbook Lisa Birnbach Workman Publishing, 1980 - 224 pages average customer review:based on 49 reviews
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highly recommended

A Little Dated but a MUST READ

Growing up on the North Shore of Long Island; I found this book very accurate even though it was written almost ten years before I was born. I joked my mom about how her favorite drink is a bloody mary and how all of our vehicles meet the preppy color code. I look back at a preschool picture and while other kids are wearing Barney and Ninja Turtle shirts; I'm wearing khaki shorts, a polo, and I even have my hand in my pocket! Too funny! Preppy definitely starts at a young age and lasts a lifetime. Even if you're a prep and you don't meet all the stereotypes, you're sure to find a little bit of yourself throughout the pages.

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Why, oh why didn't I save my copy????

Having grown up on Boston's South Shore, we lived the preppy lifestyle!
The original Talbot's store was one of my back-to-school shopping haunts (for Fair Isle sweaters and authentic Scottish kilts...worn with knee socks and Bass Weejuns of course!) I remember this book vividly and seriously hope it is published again. Although the preppy look has morphed
and updated itself..."classic" never goes out of style. If I hadn't put on weight over the last 30 years...I'd still be wearing a lot of my high school/college staples!

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Classic--Perfect for the Coffee Table

This book is timeless. It was written before I was even born and much of it still holds true. Some of the references are dated, but most of the material is relevant and funny. It's a nice book to have out on your coffee table for guests to browse through for some light amusement.

I actually paid a little more for "nice" copy of the book. Perhaps it will be a collector's item someday. It is a perfect snapshot of the yuppie suburban family in the 1980's. Seeing as it was written in the EARLY 80's, the material was certainly ahead of its time. J.Crew is still selling madras today, and Lacoste polos are as ubiquitous as ever. The North Face has somewhat displaced LL Bean (mentioned a lot in the book as the "sporty" attire purchased for ski trips..etc). Also SUVs weren't yet on the scene when this book was published.

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"its funny because its true"

What an unexpected sum-up - I had a blast comparing all the parallels - its very true to preppy life - almost eerily so. from the moment I started this book I could not put it down - I ended up reading it in two sittings (it got late - 2am - and I had to get to sleep for squash).

Quintessential!

For those of us raised slightly below true "prep" status--good public schools, went to country club with friends (family too poor for own membership), prep clothes from consignment stores...this book helped us to fake it well. Everything in this book still holds...if one wants to fit into "good" society. Parts are good for a laugh, though, because in our thankfully diverse modern society, it seems antiquated to suggest that one needs to be either White, Anglo-Saxon, or Protestant (i.e., a WASP)to partake of the casually elegant prep lifestyle.

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