One of the leading candidates for “Nattiest Dresser of the 20th Century” might well be Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. He graduated … More| Thrift Store Preppy
My alma mater, Wofford College, was a bastion of natural fibers long before The Official Preppy Handbook was published. Fraternity men … More| Thrift Store Preppy
André Derain (1880-1954, Fig. 1) was born in Chatou, a small town in the Île-de-France region outside of Paris (Diehl 8; Lee, 1990, 11-13). His father, a successful pâtissier and municipal councilor, was a small bourgeois who hoped to increase his son’s success (Werner 200). Despite Derain’s early interest in an artistic career, his father pressured him to become an officer or an engineer (Sutton 6; Lee 11).| Fashion History Timeline