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Fashion turns to naval gazing
[font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Amelia Hodsdon
Wednesday March 9, 2005
The Guardian
[/font][font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]In the wake of the international fashion weeks, the competing waves of hippy chic and metallic glamour may have left you all at sea: follow the fashion writers' advice and go nautical.
"Fresh as a sea breeze, jaunty as an early spring day and, as one of the most thoroughly tried-and-tested looks in the fashion vocabulary, utterly reliable, the nautical style is back this season," declared Susie Rushton in the Independent on Sunday. "In sharp contrast to all the powder-pink frills and hippy-trail exoticism that dominate this spring/summer, a sprinkling of designers" - Helmut Lang, Jil Sander and Alexander McQueen - "have re-invented the seafaring style."
Next door in Rushton's sister paper, the Independent, Susannah Frankel was also tipping "nautical but nice. It was introduced by Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel, and it's been a summer stalwart ever since. With a less literal interpretation, it's now one of the season's finest styles."
In the Times, Lisa Armstrong also thought it one of "the most salient trends this season". She did, however, warn readers not to go overboard: "I've expressed views on horizontal stripes and people who wear plimsolls everywhere before. Where this trend is concerned, a light hand is all." Her colleague Clare Lazaro had no such qualms: "Team fitted feminine jackets with frills and ruffles, and finish off with cruise-style wedge sandals."
"If all this froth is making you a little light-headed," advised David Hayes in the London Evening Standard, "add some mannish baggy trousers (rolled up at the ankle for full effect) ... Try Zara for great nautical tailoring." The Daily Express reckoned Miss Selfridge was the answer: "From sailor stripes to braided blazers, make this high street store your first port of call." Jo Adams, in the Observer, gave us the final lowdown on looking shipshape. "Team blue-and-white stripes with wide-leg sailor-style trousers, cropped rolled-up three-quarter-length trousers, and jackets and shirts. For just a flavour of the look, seek out details like braiding and naval-style buttons." Aye aye, cap'n.
Will it be BIG for the summer ?
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Fashion turns to naval gazing
[font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]Amelia Hodsdon
Wednesday March 9, 2005
The Guardian
[/font][font=Geneva,Arial,sans-serif]In the wake of the international fashion weeks, the competing waves of hippy chic and metallic glamour may have left you all at sea: follow the fashion writers' advice and go nautical.
"Fresh as a sea breeze, jaunty as an early spring day and, as one of the most thoroughly tried-and-tested looks in the fashion vocabulary, utterly reliable, the nautical style is back this season," declared Susie Rushton in the Independent on Sunday. "In sharp contrast to all the powder-pink frills and hippy-trail exoticism that dominate this spring/summer, a sprinkling of designers" - Helmut Lang, Jil Sander and Alexander McQueen - "have re-invented the seafaring style."
Next door in Rushton's sister paper, the Independent, Susannah Frankel was also tipping "nautical but nice. It was introduced by Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel, and it's been a summer stalwart ever since. With a less literal interpretation, it's now one of the season's finest styles."
In the Times, Lisa Armstrong also thought it one of "the most salient trends this season". She did, however, warn readers not to go overboard: "I've expressed views on horizontal stripes and people who wear plimsolls everywhere before. Where this trend is concerned, a light hand is all." Her colleague Clare Lazaro had no such qualms: "Team fitted feminine jackets with frills and ruffles, and finish off with cruise-style wedge sandals."
"If all this froth is making you a little light-headed," advised David Hayes in the London Evening Standard, "add some mannish baggy trousers (rolled up at the ankle for full effect) ... Try Zara for great nautical tailoring." The Daily Express reckoned Miss Selfridge was the answer: "From sailor stripes to braided blazers, make this high street store your first port of call." Jo Adams, in the Observer, gave us the final lowdown on looking shipshape. "Team blue-and-white stripes with wide-leg sailor-style trousers, cropped rolled-up three-quarter-length trousers, and jackets and shirts. For just a flavour of the look, seek out details like braiding and naval-style buttons." Aye aye, cap'n.
Will it be BIG for the summer ?
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