The Sunday Digest 044
A good time to listen to "Sunday" by The Cranberries.
Welcome to The Sunday Digest — a free Sunday newsletter featuring long (and some short) reads, original columns, things I’ve saved over the last week, relaxing playlists, episodes releases, exclusive product drops, and more. Yes, you can reply to this email. I’d love to hear from you. Or, if podcasts are more your speed on Sundays, we’ve got that too.
Sunday Read: The Dark and Twisted Return of Preppy Clothes
by Rachel Tashjian for Harper’s Bazaar
I’d be lying if I said my style didn’t have some preppy tendencies to it. I didn’t wear jeans until my late 20s. I own two waxed jackets. My tote bag has pins on it. And while I sometimes cringe when the word “prep” is tossed out, this week’s Sunday Read focuses on just that — the return of prep style.
Here’s an excerpt:
It can feel like everyone is playing tennis; everyone is buying vintage Cartier watches; everyone is taking their L.L.Bean totes out to pillage the Goodwill in the best parts of town for fisherman sweaters and discarded Oscar de la Renta. In the words of a WASP doyenne I know, “It’s scotchy-wotchy time”—but why?
Maybe we return again and again to prep because we feel we know it so well. It’s like the foundation of American style. But what draws us to it, especially when it’s so closely associated with wealth, privilege, and all that other stuff that’s been so effectively villainized by the horrors of income equality? In other words, is prep the ultimate trend or the denial of all that is trendy?
The full article here.
The Sunday Haiku: The Milk’s Gone Bad
I can’t really tell,
Here, will you see what you think?
Yeah, it’s kind of sketch.
New Episode › Dirty Martini Alternatives, Fireplaces, and How Rhys McKee Spends His Sundays
This week's episode features the zen of tending to your fireplace, five alternatives for the classic dirty martini, and how Rhys McKee (@cakenotcrumbs) spends his Sundays.
Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else podcasts are found.
Things I Saved This Week
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