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Did Sleaze Bring Preppy Back?

from National Public Radio
September 9, 2010

As New York Fashion Week gets underway, Linda Wertheimer talks to fashion writer and Barneys' creative director Simon Doonan about the resurgence of prep. A sequel to the 1980's The Official Preppy Handbook has just come out. And preppy clothes are being worn by everyone from Brooklyn hipsters to Palm Beach dowagers.

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  • Morning Edition, September 9, 2010
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