I hugely admire artist Dick Frizzell, love his sartorial style, and this (indirectly) led me to preppyness.
Brandishing boat shoes, stripey tops, and all manner of nautical motif- Dick may not sit comfortably with a word like preppy but his aesthetic lends itself to the descriptor.
A painter, chiefly, Dick celebrates pop culture, elevating roadstall signage and comic book heroes to masterpiece status.
2003 saw him in a bespoke beach house, modelled akin to Martha Stewart's Cape Cod getaway. Strewn across his sofas, his seaside-motiffed cushions (a collab with Esther Diamond now defunct) painted a preppy picture. Creamy with a encompassing verandah, the fulltime summer house opened to an oceanfront.
In recent years, Dick designed an apparel range for Mr Vintage. This included a navy tee with a pattern of red anchors- similar to the tiny lighthouses found on J. McLaughlin's pants.
Dick, with his penchant for Sperry and Breton stripes, could be described as a preppy pacific Picasso!!
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