Let it be noted that the latest J. Crew catalog, the epitome of the Waspatocracy, well not the epitome, maybe the decline of it, the kitschification of it, help me Camille Paglia, features Russ & Daughters, the great old herring peddlers on the Lower East Side, as a backdrop to a rugged herringbone blond model.
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Kitsch.
There is nothing else.
See Seinfeld.
What is more potent anyplace in the world than a true blonde (collar and cuffs) female in herringbone cloth?
Look at the pattern.
All bow before her, even as they make blonde jokes.
See the blog Stuff White People Like. It sends up Northern-European liberal Americans. The Russ & Daughters backdrop exemplifies several things listed in SWPL – city life, diversity, gourmet food.
Is J. Crew really the last of the WASPs? I have lived out on the West Coast for 15 years so I'm not clued in. The WASPs I know like REI and other obscure sports clothing manufacturers; the middle-aged WASP housewives like Land's End, Eddie Bauer and maybe L.L. Bean. J. Crew I haven't heard of since I left NYC. They don't even send me catalogs.
And Brooks Brothers. Isn't Brooks Brothers the echt WASP men's store? Oh I just don't know the codes any longer.
The new code is you have to talk with your hands.