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Britprep defined by Barbour
Written by Daniel P Dykes
I've loved Barbour (J. Barbour & Sons) for a long time. With its heritage, style, and obvious quality it epitomises a lot of what I love about fashion. So naturally I'm thrilled to read of their new collection, Britprep, which aims to draw a line between the American Preppy look and its more understated British cousin.
The Britprep collection is a "new collaboration between Japanese designer Tokihito Yoshida (aka To Ki To)" and through it Barbour hopes to bring "authenticity to a look that defines the lifestyle of a British summer.".
So what exactly is "Britprep"? According to Barbour, the look is not quite as clean and crisp as American Preppy. Simple, stylish, and contemporary, the collection "pays particular attention to fashion, color and tradition capturing the essence of 'Britishness.'"
Source: Luxist
Written: 24th March 2009 at 22.55
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Written by Daniel P Dykes.
Traditionalist and futurist are two of the labels applied to Daniel, but he sees the two as being in perfect balance. With a keen eye on the future and his finger on the pulse he helps keep fashionisers everywhere ahead in the fashion stakes as Fashionising.com's lead fashion trend analyst. Believing that the late-2000s credit crisis will be ultimately good for fashion, Daniel sees a future for fashion where grounded in traditional values; where luxury fashion again comes to represent quality production as opposed to being solely label driven.
Currently based in Melbourne, Daniel is Fashionising.com's Editor in Chief and Chairman.