# Name some upscale, preppy catalogs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-upscale-preppy-catalogs/382734 "2006-12-03T21:39:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-upscale-preppy-catalogs/382734/1 "2006-12-03T21:39:48Z")
My friends and I derive great entertainment from looking through catalogs like L.L. Bean and Land’s End and making fun of the ridiculously good-looking models and the cliched settings of the photos (especially the rugged, gray-haired older men, and the inevitable golden retriever sitting in the living room.) So I’ve ordered some catalogs: L.L. Bean, Land’s End, Greatland, Herrington, and Cabela’s Classic. I want some names of other upscale/preppy type catalogs. New England-style nautical themes would be great, as well as Aspen ski-lodge type stuff. But any humorously yuppie-ish catalog would do. Can I get some recommendations? ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-upscale-preppy-catalogs/382734/2 "2006-12-03T22:33:07Z")
Restoration Hardware. Pottery Barn. Crate and Barrel. Smith and Hawken. Most of these are housewares, but they’re ludicrously overpriced, so they might fit the bill. I saw a Rainbird “retro” style sprinkler head at Restoration Hardware once for $55. Now that’s some Yuppie weirdness. ---
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-upscale-preppy-catalogs/382734/3 "2006-12-04T00:10:54Z")
I _always_ have great fun searching through the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book. They have all the usual stuff in there, but they also sell some unbelievable fantasy gifts. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-upscale-preppy-catalogs/382734/4 "2006-12-04T14:21:41Z")
Ralph Lauren Polo and Brooks Brothers’s catalogs are awash in impossibly good-looking WASPy folk in rugged, timeless settings. Good eye candy, if that’s your thang. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-upscale-preppy-catalogs/382734/5 "2006-12-04T14:23:54Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] My friends and I derive great entertainment from looking through catalogs like L.L. Bean and Land’s End and making fun of the ridiculously good-looking models and the cliched settings of the photos (especially the rugged, gray-haired older men, and the inevitable golden retriever sitting in the living room.) So I’ve ordered some catalogs: L.L. Bean, Land’s End, Greatland, Herrington, and Cabela’s Classic. I want some names of other upscale/preppy type catalogs. New England-style nautical themes would be great, as well as Aspen ski-lodge type stuff. But any humorously yuppie-ish catalog would do. Can I get some recommendations? [/QUOTE] While the clothes are a bit outre~ for a lot of tastes, there is one silver-haired model in all of the Chico’s catalogues who is pictured in tastefully woody & elegantly subdued settings - [www.chicos.com](http://www.chicos.com) Also - the Frontgate catalogue; they actually advertised for “estates” to be featured in their catalogues. VCNJ~ ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-upscale-preppy-catalogs/382734/6 "2006-12-04T14:39:34Z")
I don’t think you’ll find a better catalog than [International Male](http://www.internationalmale.com). For some humorous takes on the offerings, see [Something Awful’s Fashion SWAT](http://www.somethingawful.com/index.php?a=3087). ---
**Author:** ![Subterraneanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Subterraneanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subterraneanus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-upscale-preppy-catalogs/382734/7 "2006-12-04T19:49:43Z")
REI Eddie Bauer Williams-Sonoma ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-upscale-preppy-catalogs/382734/8 "2006-12-04T19:53:46Z")
Plow and Hearth ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-upscale-preppy-catalogs/382734/9 "2006-12-04T19:55:11Z")
WinterSilks has a bunch of ruggedly-goodlooking WASHpish people sitting around reading the magazine while wearing silk long johns. It’s kind of funny, and not even remotely sexy. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-some-upscale-preppy-catalogs/382734/10 "2006-12-04T20:20:05Z")
Definitely J. Crew.