And now...Spring fashion trending for the Preppy Male

The ultimate Male Preppy...the whole style and lifestyle package...ah, absolutely perfect!

Sharp suiting with a lighter golden touch for Spring 2010 from Brooks Brothers

Vineyard Vines has the perfect mix of proverbial pink and green for guys

Great tweaking of the classic Sperry shoe offering in its Venetian styling

Gotta' love a fresh, springlike kelly green gingham check button down by Ralph Lauren

Fly fishing theme kacki shorts from Land's End....why not? From whales n' ducks to flies and yes, cute, bright flies at that ;)

Wonderful brights for the waist with this Ben Silver canvas and leather belt selection

It's wonderful having two followers who are guys and hopefully more male readers here as well who visit this blog from time to time. I've written a couple of blog posts that include the male side of things within all-things-preppy and perhaps the "Dixie Fried Guys" post did the male preppy the most justice in coverage so far...

As with the female Preppy, there are great Spring 2010 fashion season preppy clothing, shoe and accessory offerings that either continue along classic styling or give a tweak or two in a fresh and interesting way. Most of the men in my family and extended family are subdued kinda' Preppies. You know the type: anything navy, kacki and quietly tailored. Pink surfaces only as a soft-hued oxford cloth button down underneath, you guessed it, a navy blue blazer paired with a coordinating, small print or striped tie and kacki pants with the standard dark leather loafers and matching leather belt. "Flashy" are the left-hand gold rings worn in a paralleling of the plain gold wedding band on the other hand: either they're class rings from The Citadel or West Point or they are one of our family crests. And besides a Timex watch or, for the fly-boys in our bunch, a heavy-duty chronograph watch such as a plain TAG Heuer perhaps, well that's about it.

Well-worn Tux and black dress shoes are their formal evening attire standbys and for less formal events as well as Sunday morning church, there's ever the Brooks Brother suit with silk and leather braces and of course classic wingtip leather shoes. I miss my Grandfather Wylly's amazing seersucker suits worn in the summertime with his light buck shoes! He was a man of Warren G., Harding and William Howard Taft porportions yet just like these former presidents, Grandaddy always wore his clothing well. My late Uncle Ralston also was a great dresser. Maybe it was because both of these men in our family were bankers perhaps, during a time when bankers looked quite the part? My own father lived in his navy pinstripe suits while he was an attorney as well as a treasurer for a Fourtune 500 company. When "Business Casual" was implemented right before he retired, his acknowledgement of this was to wear a less-formal tie with his suits. Now he's gotten so islander-casual that I forget about his years and years of wearing business suits.

Being in the coastal lowcountry south, I absolutely LOVE seeing seersucker suits and blazers, madras pants, shorts and shirts along with the more tropical bright color hues out and about around town here. Sunday mornings in the warmer months, our church is filled with seersucker as well as tropical-weight tan suiting and then for the much more casual evening service, you can espy super-bright fishing shirts tucked into kacki pants or shorts with the occassional Sperry flip-flop sandal in evidence as well. Yes, for the 6 o' clockers at St. Helena Episcopal, coming in right off the boat or dock for an evening service is par for the course around these parts...

My own husband is usually one of these Preppy males attired in a fishing shirt look. We now have a wardrobe for him of fishing shirts to fish around in and then also have fishing shirts that are just to wear out n' about town. I even have a few myself since their light-weight, moisture wicking and net-panel breathe-ability is truly wonderful during our lowcountry's truly henious heat n' humidity in the middle of summer.

Preppy Males always, to me, look so elegantly attired whether dressed-up or completely casual...it's a great look and a great Spring to find some fun things to add into their wardrobes!