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Easily recognizable, unique, dazzling-fresh, radiant - the marine style in clothes can significantly transform your look!

A bit of history

30s of the last century ... On the beach in Monte Carlo, a slender, slender woman is walking in knitted trousers and a sailor tunic. People around her look with curiosity, some with indignation ... But this is Coco Chanel, the legendary trendsetter! It is believed that it was she who brought into fashion the beloved by many marine style. True, even earlier, in the 70s of the XIX century. dresses and blouses, usually white, with large square turndown "sailor" collars with blue stripes were widespread among fashionistas - wealthy and not so. Well, with the advent of Coco Chanel's fashion, a dress or a suit in blue and white stripes in combination with a white beret has become extremely popular and remains so until now.

Modern solution

Burda High Waisted Dress from 6/2014 • Burda Dress 3/2015
Red was added to the rich range of blue and in moderate doses it was golden and black. The styles are often strict, resembling marine uniforms. The most common clothing decor is maritime symbols: the logo of the yacht club, anchor, helm, decorative nautical ropes, sailboats, nautical charts, shells, corals. Many people also consider romantic summer dresses the color of sea water (usually long,which, when walking, transmit the movement of the wave), however, many stylists will not agree with this, although such dresses look captivating and perfectly match the marine theme.

Photo: Karl Lagerfeld fashion show, Chanel, 2011
Everyone loves the marine style! Starting from designers () and celebrity to ordinary urban and rural fashionistas. If you want to update your wardrobe, then the marine style will also be a great find for you.

How to dress in a marine style

First of all, pay attention to ensure that your ensemble is not overloaded with the famous strip. If you still want more stripes, place them in a different direction or “interrupt” with blocks of other colors.

Burda Wraparound Blouse from Burda 5/2014
In the summer, both striped dresses and “vests” (tops, t-shirts, T-shirts) with a white bottom look very fresh. For a cooler season, a suit with wide flared trousers and a jacket with marine symbols and gold buttons are perfect. For outings, choose light flowing fabrics (for example, for palazzo trousers imitating sailor flares) in combination with a strict top made of expensive woolen fabric. At parties and receptions, blue and boiling white dresses look great.

Accessories

By the way, it is not necessary to use a strip for a nautical-style ensemble. Often, the presence of primary colors will be quite enough: blue, white and red. They need only to be supplemented with suitable accessories.

In any "marine" ensemble, natural materials are preferable. Including for shoes.An exception is best made for accessories. Plastic? Yes, of course, for the summer - a great and practical option, especially for a beach holiday.

Fabrics: if before the wardrobe in the marine style consisted mainly of knitwear, now more fashionable are fabrics such as linen, cotton, wool, optionally with the addition of elastane fibers.

Footwear

Leather shoes, of course, are more practical, but sandals and canvas shoes are more suitable for a marine style, especially in summer.

Headdress

The headpiece will be the highlight that will give your image a completeness and elegance. Berets, caps, caps, bandanas - if they suit you, be sure to supplement your suit with them.

A bag

Do not forget about a suitable bag, especially since now there is plenty to choose from. In extreme cases, the bag can be sewn on its own, because the fabric bags organically fit into the marine style.
Photo from the collections of ANNA SUI, CARLOS MIELE, CHANEL, HOLLY FULTON, ISSEY MIYAKE, SISTER BY SIEBLING
Material prepared by Elena Karpova

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