Different kinds of preppies

While preppies as a whole form their own subculture, there are a few different types of preppies. I'll identify some of them below.

Good Ol' Preppy
Exclusively male, this type of preppy enjoys a wide array of rustic outdoor activities, such as canoeing on remote rivers, bird hunting, and even camping. He may even tinker with automobile engines, and is known to dabble in chewing tobacco. He is distinguished from less refined good ol' boys by his adherence to the preppy tradition of paying a premium for well-made clothing, preferring Polo over Cabela's. His automobile is invariably four-wheel-drive and is often an older model preppy vehicle, such as a mid-'80s Jeep Wagoneer. When he dresses for informal occasions, he is identical to the rest of the preppy set in his blazer and bow tie, but for casual affairs he is often seen sporting a baseball cap in bird hunting camouflage with a can of dip in his back pocket. He can also be distinguished from good ol' boys and rednecks by his avoidance of deer hunting. If he doesn't enter a more traditional preppy line of work, he may do well selling outdoor equipment, off-road vehicles, or rural real estate to good ol' boys.

Metroprep
Metropreps bear some similarities to metrosexuals. They are exquisitely groomed and manicured, and have very soft, delicate hands, often adorned with more than two rings. Their clothing is very similar to the rest of prepdom but even more well-tailored and flattering to their form, much of it purchased from independent men's boutiques rather than more traditional preppy clothiers. Due to their interest in fine art and antiques and sometimes effeminate speaking register, they can easily be mistaken for homosexuals, but are in fact hetero. They do not use hair product, at least in any noticeable way.

Dimbulb Prep
Although I have written previously that being academically gifted is practically a given for every preppy child, there do exist a small number of preppies who just don't have much going on upstairs. Sometimes they have someone intelligent in their recent ancestry who founded the family fortune, or perhaps they just have an ancestor who got lucky and bought cheap land with valuable timber, mineral, or petroleum deposits. They are raised in the same manner as every other preppy child, but receive little rebuke for their poor academic performance from their parents. Dimbulb preps aren't terribly bright but are still very likable, being engaging and humorous in conversation. They manage to coast through school with about a C- average, sometimes bribing smarter students to do their work for them in exchange for money, alcohol, or in the case of female dimbulbs, oral pleasure. In North Carolina, dimbulb preps attend Barton College or UNC-Pembroke, institutions established especially for students of mediocre aptitude. Upon graduating, a dimbulb prep is given an easy job in his father's business with a comfortable salary where he can't screw things up too badly and often excels, such as sales, where his dumb but likable personality is an asset. Dimbulb preps usually end up marrying golddiggers because they're either too oblivious to know or don't care.

Artistic prep
This is the category where yours truly fits. Artistic preps have natural artistic talent, often inherited. Their parents provide for a preppy lifestyle by dealing expensive art and antiques, or may work mundane traditional preppy jobs but engage in artistic activities in their spare time, such as painting, watercolors, or pottery. Artistic preps can be mildly eccentric but do not have an outlandish outward appearance like other artistic people; unusual accessories are usually limited to hats, colorful scarves, Chuck Taylor All-Star shoes, and thick-rimmed or brightly colored eyeglasses. Artistic preps who enter an artistic line of work earn a paltry salary, but acquire the necessary preppy accouterments such as clothing and fine furnishings from wealthier family members or a trust fund.