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My Checkered Preppy Past

So, I just finished reading this book.... Jen Lancaster (once again) had me giggling and cackling from start to finish of this book.  It's a memoir where she uses her fashion choices of her youth to tell her story. It got me thinking about what my fashion memoir would "look like" and it hit me like a ton of grosgrain ribbon belts... I'm still stuck in my preppy 80's past (and my 70's hippie/gypsy style, but we'll save the 70's vibe for another day)....especially in the shoe department and with anything plaid.  Show me a pair of Minnetonka moccasins , Sperry Topsiders, Bass Weejuns  and colorful espadrilles and I'll bubble over like a bottle of freshy popped champagne.  As for plaid...I just can't get enough of plaid! I wore these all the time in my youth.... (sporto duck shoe...I had these in multiple colors)     If you look in my closet today, you will still find Tretorns  (now sporting a pink chevron), Sperry topsiders (now in plaid) a...