Prepare for preppy

This summer welcomes fun, preppy designs available in UK’s High Street shops
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Dust off your rugby shirt and pull out your pearls because preppy fashion is back!

Regularly seen on the catwalks of Burberry and Ralph Lauren this season, box pleats and knee-high socks also cropped up in the collections of less likely places, such as Kenzo.

Preppy paradise J.Crew is also enjoying a revival thanks to its fabulously cool director of womenswear, Olympia Gayot.

The trickle-down effect means the High Street is now awash with preppy pieces: think sporty caps and cricket-style cable-knit sweaters.

The best part? These are items that will never go out of style: preppy is the very definition of a fashion perennial.

Now, someone pass the shoe polish. Those penny loafers need buffing up.

Regularly seen on the catwalks of Burberry and Ralph Lauren this season, box pleats and knee-high socks also cropped up in the collections of less likely places, such as Kenzo (pictured)

The trickle-down effect means the High Street is now awash with preppy pieces: think sporty caps and cricket-style cable-knit sweaters. Pictured: Emily Ratajkowski in 2018