Dark academia's deadly allure and the timeless appeal of prep style
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The Ivy League
After the GI Bill in 1944, more Americans started dressing like college students. khakis are military surplus pants and so veterans arrived on campus wearing khakis. The look of the elite became the look of the middle class. You really see this when you look at a picture of a young person in the 50s,. If they don't want to dress like a child or like a serious adult, they're wearing a collared shirt or the sweater vest over it.
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