"The Official Preppy c1981 Drinking Shirt" Sz: XL (Deadstock New in Madras Plaid Box)
$750
Chest (pit-pit): 20 1/2"W
Body (collar-hem): 32"L
An unnatural fiber will not go near your body.
This is the preferred garment for all activities prior to the Official Preppy Hangover. Wear this shirt to hoist beers or down Bloodies. If you are totally out of control during Attitude Adjustment, you can put it on backwards.
The front lists 20 Ways to Express Drunkenness
Some suggested places to wear:
At the club
To a tailgate picnic
To a Bacchanalian Orgy
For slumming at the neighborhood bar
To the After-Party following the cotillion
At the Head of the Charles, or any other sporting event
To any gathering likley to end up in gatoring
Under your graduation gown
Details:
- Copyright: 1981 Workman Publishing, New York
- Brand: Screen Stars
- Size: XL (original box states One Size Fits All)
- Material: 100% Cotton
- Color: Navy Blue with White Graphics
- Construction: Original Single-Stitch
- Made in USA
- Original Plaid Retail Display Box Included
- Original $12.50 "The Coop" Retail Price Sticker
Retail Provenance:
The original packaging retains its $12.50 price sticker from The Coop, the historic Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society established in 1882. A particularly fitting retail connection for a novelty shirt celebrating and satirizing Ivy League preppy culture. The original price sticker remains affixed to the box more than four decades later.