The boi spelling sort of points in that direction, not to mention how many preppy guys would want to bring that train wreck home to daddy and mummy, including those with trust fund moon bats as parents.
The ex was prep, and she told me that in the late 1970s, the guys' Bean boots, maybe Tops-Siders too, had to have ubiquitous silver duct tape holding at least one of the pair together for that stylistic dash of panache.
lol