Although the look hasn’t cost him friendships, Jason can freely express his rage and he says he’s not alone; Jason says his club receives hundreds of supportive letters a month.
He says the popped collar portrays everything he claims is wrong with America: the mob mentality, preppies, “old money” and men wearing the color pink. He authored an article entitled, “Popped Too Young,” about how America’s youth could be 'corrupted' by the look. The APCC web site even asks college students all over the country to make their voices heard and unite against what it calls an “epidemic.”
This loathing of popped collars, much like the support they received in The Preppy Handbook, has grown to absurd levels. Disliking the trend, it seems, is becoming just as popular as following it.
New York’s young population, however, seems to have mixed reviews. Deviating from the preppy theme, some of today’s Big Apple collar-poppers have adopted a slacker interpretation. “I do it from time to time—it makes me look like an organized mess,” says Juan Belliard, 21, a Baruch College student. “It's not as boring and there is a little more style.”
Some women feel the look can work if executed correctly. “You have to be a certain type of guy with a certain type of swagger to pull it off,” says Brooklyn resident Mary Lam, 21. “Usually, hot guys can make it work.”
When women joined the popping pool, some men found it attractive, while others found an increased poser population. “It's cool for people who are lame and try too hard,” says Hector Aponte, 22, a student from Brooklyn.
Brooklyn College student David Mondell, 23, just wishes the upturn would fade away. “The whole ‘popping collars’ thing is stupid, it went out in the 80's."
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