The preppy, 'I summer in Nantucket' look reinvents itself every season, falling somewhere between
Lilly Pulitzer and
Ralph Lauren, but this season, it's taken a new turn. As the perfectly put-together, overly polished look wanes in favor of a slightly (or more) rumpled one ever so popularized by the likes of
Mary-Kate Olsen and
Lou Doillon, stylishly in-the-know folk are taking the look downtown, knocking it around a bit, and then casually forgetting that last button when they clean it up. It's a deconstructed polo, a slouchier take on the striped tee, a less conservatively cut sweater, a plaid skirt paired with beaten up old leather boots.. or in today speak, it's
Gossip Girl, plus practicality, minus the excessive layering. Scuff up those pristine
Jack Purcells and take a look at my SLIDESHOW of five nouveau-prep styles.
