Since my childhood, i'm spending all my summers on the sea side of Brittany (West coast of France), sailing and fishing. During this time sailor stripes jersey becomes my second choose, and it's the only moment of the year I swap my heels against comfortable wallies.
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| By Constance Doyle |
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| Me trying to fix the model hair (quite scary!) |
Sailor style has always inspired fashion, It's a timeless basic extremely elegant. I think it has something to do with the classiness of the uniform in general. Thus, the sailor costume is really present in the collective imaginary and fuels all kind of fantasy, it always had a connotation of journey and evasion.
Since the end of the XIXe century, the sailor uniform conquers private closet going from military to civilian one. In 1858 an ordinance fix the uniform in the navy.At first, it was adapted to children fashion. I have in mind, this image of kids in sailor costume playing at the Luxembourg garden with wood boats and hoops . stripes, navy blue
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| Jardin du Luxembourg by Constance Doyle |
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| Jardin du Luxembourg by Constance Doyle |
In 1846 Queen Victoria decide to dress children with military outfit in order to glorify England 's power.
Then, the navy style was adopted by elegant women in French Belle Epoque and especially in theme parties. In the twenties emancipated women take this trend in there grasp.
Since then, influenced Haute Couture, and the sailor costume go from deck of ship to catwalk. Coco Chanel revisits the uniform with the "marinière" in 1917. In 1966, Yves Saint Laurent" adapts the sailor protection outfit "cabana" for women.
Jean-Paul Gaultier make the stripes jersey the essential centre pieces of its collections. Indeed, I like the idea to divert a work clothes from it's former function into something elegant and purely aesthetic.
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| Death in Venice, Visconti 1971 |
Since then, influenced Haute Couture, and the sailor costume go from deck of ship to catwalk. Coco Chanel revisits the uniform with the "marinière" in 1917. In 1966, Yves Saint Laurent" adapts the sailor protection outfit "cabana" for women.
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| Chanel & YSL navy style |
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| Castelbajac Navy style (him again!) with the anchor dress, definitely one of my spiritual guide! |
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| Jean Paul Gaultier navy style |
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| my N2 golden fish necklace and my pearl lobster I made with toy tea set |
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| my cat & golden fish N2 earrings By Iris Laverdant |
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| necklace made with all the "navy stuff" I found" |
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my little girl N2 brooch on a vintage navy dress
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