We will continue with a Few Days with Ralph shortly, but for today, I wanted to share one of my favorite preppy photographs. While visiting the blog Unabashedly Prep, I rediscovered one of my favorite photos from a magazine called Vitals. Yes, the magazine has gone under, but this photo forever remains one of my favorite.
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That picture is my husband's dream for our home. Too bad we have an apartment where the reading chair would barely fit.
Of course this is a blatant imitation of the typical British aristocrat's study. (Credit where credit is due...) Too many American style writers ignore this kind of thing, or perhaps it's too subtle for them. But we're above all that confusion.
What's wrong with imitating the best?
Beautiful Room. I personally don't own a lot of books and prefer to do most of my reading from an electronic device nowadays.
My dream study would have a few less books and I would have to add a decent TV for when the kids have monopolized the other and I don't want miss a game. Probably put my stereo in there too. So mine would not look quite as traditional but better fit for purpose
Nothing is wrong with it at all. That's not what I meant to say. But isn't it a bit pretentious that American fashion writers imply that something is "preppy" when it's actually traditional country (and aristocratic) British? Bruce Boyer reports that when he was researching his book Elegance a manager at Brooks Brothers prevailed upon him to refrain from using the term "preppy." I don't want to start the whole pedantic "trad vs preppy vs ivy league" debate here, but at least when the magazine M (in the 80s) presented their pictorials they did acknowledge British influences.
Pretentious? Moi?
The study is overdone.
Spoiler alert: this entire room is from IKEA.
Can you post a larger version of this so the explanations and descriptions of the items can be read?
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