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SEERSUCKER:
The End of the Lines
Miscellany
It's been quite a run. Your seersucker has stood by you through clam bakes, crab feasts, polo matches, the Kentucky Derby and about 25 weddings this summer. But, as convention dictates, the ole blue and whites must go into hibernation after this weekend and you have only another three days with summer’s textile of choice. Here’s our guide for making the most of seersucker’s last hurrah, wherever you may be spending summer’s preppiest long weekend.
Nantucket: If there is one place on this planet where it is acceptable (nay, encouraged) to wear head-to-toe seersucker, regardless of age or gender, it’s Nantucket. Ladies, don’t stop with the traditional blue; go for layers in contrasting seersucker colors (green! pink! yellow!) for summer’s final clam bake. Gents, don’t be shy: Show up in an all-out seersucker suit, finished with (you guessed it) flip-flops. Only the preppiest will survive...
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WOMEN’S STYLE:
Adventures in Knee Socks
Style
While on set for the fall collection shoot, Jen Gerson, our women’s fashion editor, fell head-over-heels in love with the vibrant knee socks she discovered on our models. Jen is the classic Rugby girl, preppy with a modern twist — but we’ve never known her to be a knee-sock wearer. In her words, “I knew I was going to have to tweak my style to embrace this prep school staple.” So we set her off on a Rugby-fuelled challenge to see if she could live her school-girl fantasies for three whole sock-filled days. Check out her style diary after the jump.
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SHUTTLECOCKY:
Badminton Takes Minnesota
Sports
Nadal and Federer may be throwing down in Flushing this week, but we’ve discovered a new racket-sport capital emerging 1200 miles away: Orono, Minnesota. Earlier this month, the Twin City suburb played host to the first annual Minneapolis Badminton Club (MBC) Invitational Mixed-Doubles Championship. The MBC, a venerable men's club founded way back in April, requires rigorous participation (this one annual event) and a strict dress code for their members: Whites only, club polos and belts and a pre-approval tribunal for those hoping to wear colored wristbands. For the Championships, the 32 members carefully chose female counterparts to join them in battle on Club President Matthew Hemsley's lawn. Couples fought it out, jumping, diving, and swatting their way through to the finals.
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FALL FASHION MAD LIBS
Miscellany
We’ve combined our utter ebullience for fall with one of our favorite childhood pastimes – Mad Libs! In the spirit of fun, games and style, we created our very own Rugby Fall Fashion Mad Lib...
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RA RA RIOT ON A ROLL
Music
Rugby faves Ra Ra Riot are blowing up! Rolling Stone calls them “one of the best indie-rock debuts of the year” in their Artists to Watch feature, and the band’s funky new video for “Ghost Under Rocks” premiered on MTV's Subterranean blog over the weekend...
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NICE TOUCH:
The New Rugby Store Windows
Miscellany
Our models aren’t the only ones stopping traffic this week. A huge, interactive touch-screen in the window of our New York store is catching the eyes of all passers-by...
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RUGBY.COM CELEBRATES AT KINGSWOOD
Miscellany
We want to give a shout out to Kingswood, a great spot in Manhattan's West Village and site of the Rugby.com launch party (and the only restaurant in town, to our knowledge, that boasts an oversized stuffed peacock).
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STEAMPUNK ART:
The Hamptons Get Punked
Culture
Our obsession with steampunk has reached new heights with the world’s first steampunk exhibition. Down the highway from the East Hampton store in Bridgehampton, the Hamptons Antique Galleries has a trove of the elaborate, beguiling designs on display.
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