Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world.. Lisa Birnbach has seen this all before. The author of The Official Preppy Handbook, which went old-world viral ...

How 'preppy' has now become a meme. The new "preppy" aesthetic became a viral sensation in late 2023 after a sound bite in a @dearhannahprep video from July became meme fodder.

Preppy is a slang word that means colorful, frilly clothing. Here's how a new generation uses it.

As a kid in the ’80s, I hated the preppy craze. But did I really understand the book that started it? By James Poniewozik “The Official Preppy Handbook,” published in 1980, sold more than a ...