[1] Tuite explored the fashion trends initiated by Seven Sisters students during the first half of the twentieth century, and traced their subsequent popularity across the boundaries of fashion and film, particularly describing their influence on styles from heritage brands including Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger.
[5] It was the first book exclusively dedicated to the female side of preppy style pioneered by U.S. college girls.
[6] The book was featured in The Wall Street Journal,[7] Vanity Fair,[5] New York Magazine,[8] Vogue Paris,[9] and described by Refinery29 as "a beautifully illustrated, intensively researched celebration of the all-American preppy style pioneered by the women of the Seven Sisters Colleges — consider it a Take Ivy for the distaff set.
[1][11] The book was the very first volume ever published that was solely dedicated to editor-in-chief, Jessica Daves, and her time at the helm of Vogue.
The Vogue featured noted, "Having poured over the 220 issues of the magazine edited by Daves, Tuite has organized her own book into eight sections focused on subjects from cocktail dressing to culture that demonstrate the breadth of Daves's catholic interests.