The Nautical Look

The nautical look is a fashion that can be traced back to the mid-Victorian period, when a portrait was produced of the young Prince Edward, heir to the Empire, in a sailor’s outfit. Although it was merely a miniature version of the outfits worn by ratings on the Royal Yacht and not at all a serious expression of fashion, it became a wildly popular choice of children’s clothing by the end of the 19th century as parents were obliged to emulate the whims of the royals.
The ‘sailor’s fashions’; once connected with the coarse and unrefined ship hands, had become a vogue for young people the world over and it would not be long before Coco Chanel turned the classic merchant navy simplicity of colouring into a complex range of fashions displayed in her Deauville and Biarritz boutiques in navy, white, splashes of red and stripes; it was simple and yet elegant.

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