James Bond, or “Double O Seven,” is a fictional British Secret Service agent created by author Ian Fleming in the 1950s. The James Bond film franchise remains ingrained in WASP culture, w...
WASPs relish the winter, spring, and summer vacation periods as opportunities to get together as an immediate family and go to strange and new destinations. Sure, Florida, the Caribbean, and Western ...
A WASP can wear his blue blazer anywhere: the club, the cocktail party, the beach wedding, the graduation, and the dinner date. Though blue blazers resemble suit coats, their more casual cut, durable...
Let’s face it. WASPs have a taste for the macabre, and they adore satire, so Bret Easton Ellis’ literary style is right up their alley. Ellis writes about the privileged, the decadent, an...
WASPs refer to their rugs as “Orientals,” because most of their rugs are handmade and of vaguely Asian origin. I say “vaguely,” because Orientals can come from anywhere from C...
WASPs are fond of emphasizing their language via hyperbole and exaggeration. Perhaps they take the poetry and literature of their prep school days to heart and decide that using exaggeration can crea...
Broadway musicals possess a certain corny allure that appeals to WASPs. My parents used to take us to New York City once a year for my father’s annual squash tournament at the Yale Club. During...
The Rhodes Scholarship is the most prestigious international graduate scholarship around. The involvement of the Rhodes and the Rothschild families contributes to its cachet. Even though most of the ...
Hoarding is known as a Middle American compulsion but it is also common among WASPs, though any WASP would refer to it as “preserving the past.” The stereotypical hoarder is a paranoid el...
The British royal family is one of the only social groups more obsessed with ritual than WASPs. The Episcopalian Church is just an offshoot of the Church of England, so they are kindred religious spi...
School pride is big with WASPs, and school sweatshirts are a perfect way to show that off through a medium that is casual. While class rings are flashy and overpriced, sweatshirts are reasonable and ...
No WASPy holiday party is complete without a platter of shrimp and cocktail sauce. The sauce adds a festive splash of red in the center of the ring of cute shrimp tails. Maybe WASPs love shrimp becau...
WASPs love to decorate their Christmas dinner tables with elegant place settings, name cards, and Christmas crackers. This final element lends an air of silliness and game-playing to the meal, as eac...
Christmas decorations are essential at this joyous time of year. WASPs consider many popular items gauche, or off-limits: colored lights, too much gold, any lawn ornaments that simulate the North Pol...
My professor at Yale used to say, “Art History is a major for rich, white girls.” It was a bit of an exaggeration, since there are a lot of gay men who also major in art history, and not ...
Reese Witherspoon is rocking the classic WASPy on-the-go look: Ray Ban sunglasses, low bun, navy fitted sweatshirt, khaki pants, and the most important accessory of all–her monogrammed L.L.Bean...
Harrison Ford is a Hollywood icon for WASPs, both male and female. The men love him for Indiana Jones, the most adventurous archaeology professor of all time. He’s a perfect mix of brains and b...
WASPs are serious about their invitations. Whether it be for a wedding, an engagement party, a graduation celebration, or a Christmas event, the wording and palette of the invitation are crucial. For...
Field hockey is a classic. It dates back to the ancient Egyptian and Greek game of hurling. But more importantly, it is utterly British. Field hockey became popular in English public (aka private) sc...
The Sperry Top-Sider is the original make of boat shoe. It all started in the 1930s, when Paul Sperry, who loved sailing, realized that being on the slipper deck of a boat was risky business. Natural...
A WASPy older couple celebrates Christmas with their grown children. Gathered around the fire, they exchange their gifts, and the husband unwraps box from the John J. Audubon Society. He looks down a...
Ina Garten, or “The Barefoot Contessa,” as she is more commonly known, is an icon for WASPy women. Akin to Martha Stewart, though far more laid back and cheerful, Ina’s Food Network...
WASPs relish the opportunity to make a quick getaway to Paris for the week to enjoy the delicacies of France. Between the croissants, foie gras, public gardens, fine art museums, and beautiful table ...
A barn is great if you are in the market for a large, drafty space in which to house your most precious worn-out antiques. Though most WASPs are no longer farmers, gentleman farming remains a popular...
Jane Austen’s oeuvre is formative literature for any WASPy young adult. How else would girls learn about the importance of bonnets, country manors, and reserved modes of flirtation? The landed ...
Boarding school, or “prep school” as it is often called, is where small WASPs come together and learn how to be big WASPs. While most of America thinks of “boarding school” as...
Summer is a staple of any WASP’s summer wardrobe, especially for men. The thin, cotton fabric originates from India, where British colonials adored the fabric for its cooling effect in the hot ...
What is your name, age, location, profession, and relationship status? John Spencer, 26, Upper East Side, New York, graduate student, single. What is your education background? The Hill School, Georg...
If you’re looking for old money in their most pristine summer habitat. Half the island is private, and you need a special sticker on your car to access it. That means, the police can’t ev...
The coast of Maine is a perfect place to get away from the hullabaloo of the modern world. Ideally, your getaway will last for an uninterrupted month each summer, sort of like a pilgrimage to the mot...
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