Lisa R. Birnbach is an author best known for co-authoring The Official Preppy Handbook, which spent 38 weeks at number one on the New York Times bestseller list in 1980. When The Official Preppy Handbook hit bookstore shelves in October 1980, no one could have predicted the effect it would have. A tongue-in-cheek field guide to the madras-clad masses of the day, it decoded the habits of the upper crust with just the right mix of knowingness and satire, and reached True Prep: It's a Whole New Old World [Lisa Birnbach, Chip Kidd] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Now in paperback from Lisa Birnbach, the author of The Official Preppy Handbook, comes True Prep This thread made me realize that I'm not the only one on MFA with a dog-eared, worn out copy of The Official Preppy Handbook.I have a pdf copy too, so I made some images from Chapter 4 (Dressing the Part) and thought I'd share them with MFA.First, some background - The OPH was published in 1980 as a tongue-in-cheek look at preppy, WASP-y, upper-crust New England culture. Last week, Motoko Rich reported in the Times that a follow-up to the 1980 masterpiece, "The Official Preppy Handbook," is in the works. "True Prep," by Lisa Birnbach and Chip Kidd, will be True Prep: New Book by Lisa Birnbach and Chip Kidd. True Prep, by writer Lisa Birnbach and graphic artist Chip Kidd, celebrates the 30th anniversary of The Official Preppy Handbook, the first The Official Preppy Handbook. 4,869 likes. this fan page was created by Matthew J. Longcore. Jump to. Sections of this page. Accessibility Help. Press alt + / to open this menu. Create New Account. See more of The Official Preppy Handbook on Facebook. Books shelved as preppy: The Official Preppy Handbook by Lisa Birnbach, Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Preppy: Culti the official preppy handbook PDF download.From the author of The Official Preppy Handbook comes a whole new take on the old world that