The impetus to the development of marine style was made by Coco Chanel in the 30s of the XX century. She perfected what was created earlier and opened the way to such a fashion for the broad masses of the population. And immediately a scandal broke out: a brave woman did not understand. However, later designers took advantage of this way. And in the 70's and 90's in the naval style there was flexibility. Now it was possible to add to the usual combinations of clothes marine motifs and shapes.
Wearing something with a pattern of blue and white stripes, you are dressed in a naval style, it does not matter in what direction these stripes are located. An additional color in your suit can be red. To clothes you need to add accessories that symbolize the sea. It can be, for example, a cap, an anchor, a ribbon, a cockade and others. Important details in the clothes are the sailor collar, the edging for decoration.
Where can I go in such a dress? Yes, anywhere: clothing in the style of a la the sea will come to work, to a party, to the beach ... And how many images can you re-measure! . . This is the sailor, and piratka, and the little mermaid ...
Features of this style are simplicity of cut, restraint, practicality, proportionality. All this will give your silhouette an extraordinary elegance. In addition, the stripes will help to hide the imperfections of the figure, while the main thing is to take their direction into account.
Important: the sea style is closely connected with travel and rest, because its feature is also convenience. You can choose multi-layer clothing, because a true sailor should be ready for any whims of the weather!
Maritime style clothing
1. Be sure to have strips.
2. It is important to consider the coloring, although today the designers are experimenting with a wide variety of combinations of colors and shades.
3. It is necessary to pay attention to the form of clothes in the style of the sea. Trousers here must be flaked from below. Jacket or windbreaker will look like a tunic. Iron pegs and other things from the life of sailors are used. But all this can be decorated with lace, lightweight fabrics.
4. Knitted fabrics are most often used.
5. We use accessories and jewelry, decorated with gilded chains and anchors. Do not forget also about the huge beach bag for travel or about a small clutch for a social event.
6. We choose comfortable and practical footwear without a heel or on a small heel. The tone should coincide with the "mood" of the clothes or be light. The best material for such shoes is fabric, but not leather.
Going to a party, prefer an elegant heels, and for a yacht ride - moccasins that do not allow moisture.
7. In the hair and makeup we adhere to simplicity and naturalness.
How to dress in this or that season?
In winter, the true "sailors" wear a cloak or a coat of marine colors. But there are now a variety of warm blouses and pants. Pants flap and fitted jacket jacket are perfect for off-season.
In the summer you can wear a variety of topics and T-shirts, adding jeans and trousers to them. All this can be replaced by snow-white shirts with knee-length shorts or trousers for a fisherman. If at this time of the year it gets colder, put on a short cardigan.
Dresses are combined with any time of the year. For them, choose a noble blue or dazzling white color.
What should I look for?
Gold is an indispensable attribute of "marine" jewelry and accessories. Also for jewelry is the naturalness of materials: corals, shells, aged metal. Plastic, for example, is allowed only if you play around, play.
Going to the beach, it's important not to forget about the hat, take or shawl. Take also glasses from the sun, protective cosmetics.
It is important not to overdo the stripes, for example, to avoid the absurdity of the image. This includes the rule of choosing no more than three colors in a suit. Also, do not wear all kinds of accessories from head to toe. Please note that the shoes should not have bright features that indicate a different style.
Fashionable tendencies autumn - winter 2011 - 2012
Let's turn to what will be possible in the cold and, based on this, we will form a suitable wardrobe in the marine style.
It's time for a graphic minimalism of the 30's and a retrospective of the 70's. Thanks to these trends, you have the right to add to the usual marine motifs bright colors, unexpected combinations of colors and shades, a variety of prints and decoration. You can also experiment with tissues. Pick up clothes from corduroy, velvet, cashmere, leather, silk, organza.
Simplicity of silhouette and lines is actual now. And this is great for the maritime style. To keep up with fashion, choose the "sea" of mustard, dark red, ruby, emerald, sapphire. Black-and-white classics are also relevant.
Proceeding from what the podium offers us, we will choose a suit with stripes of unusual combinations or black and white. Excellent will look monophonic dress, complemented by marine motifs.
Unusually fashionable : a sea poncho or a cape made of warm fabrics: fur, tweed, wool, jersey and more. It's interesting that you can decorate your vestments with fur. And today it's fashionable to shine, adding lurex to the clothes.
Shoes today have quiet shades, but also block colors. This means that we can choose both light shoes for a costume with a pattern, and striped for monophonic garments.
Among the shoes are popular shoes in the men's style, ankle boots, anything on the platform, shoes and boots on the hairpin; important are the pointed socks, lacquer, lace, fur, lacing. All this you can also transform for your favorite style. But do not choose a super fashionable skin of reptiles, because it is not suitable for marine style!