Ahoy There, Nautical

As the warmer weather approaches, more Spring and Summer clothes start to blossom. A theme that has always been noticed to pop up here and there in Spring and Summer is the classy and casual, Nautical.

Nautical colors are usually associated with whites, navy blues, reds and maroons. As well as horizontal stripes on shirts and navy blue and white vertical stripes on pants. Over the past few seasons, many companies have begun playing around with the colors and even how they're worn. 


Classic Nautical: 
A classic nautical outfit is simply a horizontal striped shirt (blue/red with white) and white or khaki pants.  Flats look great with white pants because white makes legs look longer and with heels they may appear freakishly long. To the right is a good way to sport nautical and stay conservative.
For us on a small budget or just love to save, forever21.com has a huge collection of nautical themed clothes as seen to the left.






Dressy Nautical: 
A fancy edge to make nautical clothes pop is a small splash of red or yellow. Red, usually associated with nautical clothes, gives a highlight and is frequently used by designers such as Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger. To add a larger edge to these stripes a nice gold or yellow really gives a big accent as seen to the right. 




But above all, the best part of the nautical theme are the anchors!
Necklaces, bags and rings all give a summer edge to all kinds of outfits. 

 

5 Rules for Suiting Up

Suits are always sexy 

(Especially on my favorite soccer yummy- Lionel Messi) 

5 Beginning Rules for Suiting Up

Rule number one: Skinny ties are in. Long black skinny ties are back on the rise and slim a man's torso and even give the illusion that he's taller (See left). Who doesn't like a tall and lean man? 

Rule number two: White shirts match any tie. When in doubt match with white. Black and white can be very plain. To spice it up for the less spicy person try a hue of blue or a nice stripped tie.

Rule number three: Shades go well between shirts and ties. Any pale color looks great with a darker version of color. (See right)

 

Rule number four: 

To make things more interesting try a striped shirt. They are not as hard to match as it may seem. Pick a striped shirt and squint. Whatever color pops out is the primary color but when you squint you can see the secondary stripes. That color to be safe should be your tie color. This also works in reverse. If there is a tie you like you can pick the color from the tie to find the shirt. (See left) 

Rule number 5: It's perfectly fine to go black on black and the best part- it looks good on every man. (See right). Bradley Cooper wears the suit without the tie, but even with the black tie the suit is classy and not an eye sore as it's contrary (white on white) is. Black is also extremely slimming.