Seersucker
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Seersucker, hickory stripe or railroad stripe is a thin, puckered, cotton fabric, usually striped or chequered, used to make clothing for hot weather. The word originates from the Persian words شیر sh
Blue and white is a common seersucker color combination.
Infante Alfonso wearing a colonial rayadillo seersucker uniform, c. 1910
Steam locomotive driver wearing a popular shade of light blue-and-white striped seersucker overalls and engineer cap
Australian Olympic athletes in 2016
Preppy
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Preppy is an American subculture associated with the alumni of college-preparatory schools in the Northeastern United States. The term, which is an abbreviation of "preparatory", is used to denote a p
Seersucker
…and nightshirts during the hot summers in the Southern US and Britain's overseas colonies. The fabric was originally worn by the poor in the U.S. until preppy undergraduate students began wearing it in the 1920s in an act of reverse snobbery. Seersucker's comfort and easy laundering made it the choice of…
A 1902 illustration of a Columbia University student, containing many of the attributes stereotypically associated with the preppy subculture