So you're redecorating your home – this time you have modern in mind.

But shopping? Trips to Boston and New York seem appealing. But not necessarily practical.

That’s the dilemma Shawn Hachey and Brian Latham faced when they began renovating their West End Victorian. Their solution? Start a store.

Take one look at L.L. Bean's fashion magazine endorsements and you get the picture: Maine's classic look is anything but dated:

And the list goes on...

Pull out your pearls, girls. It’s time to give preppy a try ... again.

It’s been nearly three decades since Love Story’s Jenny Cavilleri chided blueblood Oliver Barrett IV for his preppy ways. Ten years later, Lisa Birnbaum published The Official Preppy Handbook and we embraced – or ridiculed – that privileged look: Boat shoes without socks, turned-up collars on polo shirts, madras and seersucker.

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