Everything True Prep

SAS and I hit the road to have our newly purchased copies of "True Prep" signed, along with a couple copies of "The Official Preppy Handbook".

The legendary and acclaimed prep Lisa Birnbach was going to be signing books at L.L.Bean in Virgina and we were not about to miss it.

By the time we arrived the excitement had reached its peak...it was a similar feeling to arriving at a Lilly sale.

Lisa signed JCW's copy of "The Original Preppy Handbook", but not without asking if he was worthy first. She was extremely personable and surpassed my expectations. She is the epitome of a “true prep”.

She immediately picked up a copy of the book and turned to page 86 when she spotted the Goyard bag on my arm.

EAS, Lisa Birnbach, SAS

The very next morning a pal from my prep school days saw this photo in The Express.

She stuck a few copies in the mail and in a couple days I had my hands on a hard copy.

Just when the excitement had started to wear off The Washington Post ran this article. It certainly put a spring in my step.

Stubbs and Wootton even launched "True Prep" slippers.

Vineyard Vines created a collection of limited edition ties and tote bags.

It was no surprise that Lilly Pulitzer was on board with the"True Prep" craze. There was even a Lilly look shown in a"True Prep" segment on the Today Show.

Lisa was wearing a "True Prep" crest bracelet and that is what I was checking out in the Post photograph. You can find them at The Preppy Princess.

JCW even jumped on the "True Prep" bandwagon and emailed me this link from Guest of a Guest on a former classmate that did some modeling for the book.

Lisa, Good luck with the rest of your book tour and I will always remember to have my shoes resoled.

Special thanks to everyone that alerted me of The Washington Post article and for all of the kind words...also to prep school Jayne for first spotting my claim to fame photograph . xx