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Nautical Chic Hardcover – 30 Mar. 2015

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From the modernist elegance of Coco Chanel to Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwoods punk-fuelled pirates, the appeal of nautical dress has cut a sartorial swathe for over two centuries. But how did garments such as the blue and white fishermans top and peacoat cross over from uniform and workwear into fashionable dress? In Nautical Chic, the first and only book to look at the history of high fashion on the high seas, fashion historian Amber Jane Butchart traces the relationship between maritime dress and the fashionable wardrobe, uncovering stories, tracking the trends, and tracing the evolution of the style back to its roots in our seafaring past.

Written in an accessible tone but grounded in years of research, Nautical Chic charts the nautical influence on fashion over five chapters, each of which considers a particular maritime profession: The Officer, The Sailor, The Fisherman, The Sportsman and The Pirate. Butchart weaves together politics, imperialism, war, leisure, trade, sport and seafaring adventure to tell the stories of garments - the duffle coat, the yellow fishermans macintosh, the yacht club blazer - loaded with historical and cultural significance.

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Thames and Hudson; 01 edition (30 Mar. 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0500517800
ISBN-13: 978-0500517802
Product Dimensions: 22.2 x 2.5 x 27.9 cm
Customer reviews: 9 customer ratings
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 58,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #68 in Fashion History
- #81 in Anthropological Customs
- #69 in Design History & Criticism

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From stripes to anchors and everything maritime in-between, we all love nautical - and it'll be big for summer. To celebrate the trend, a new coffee table book has been released called Nautical Chic - it's full of seafaring style. --Sunday Mail

A must-have for any fashion-lover. --Sunday Business Post

Chart[s] the relationship between clothes and our maritime history in the recently published Nautical Chic. --dailytelegraph.co.uk

Amber Jane Butchart looks at how seafaring fashions have infiltrated everyday wardrobes down the ages, and why iconic designers such as Coco Chanel and Vivienne Westwood have adopted seafaring styles into their modern-day collections. --Coast

Evocatively illustrated with stand out archive imagery as well as inspirational contemporary fashion photography, Nautical Chic is the definitive history of coastal couture. --Time Out

A new history of fashion inspired by the sea ... the author traces the many threads linking our seafaring past with out catwalk present, charting how official navy dress, fisherman's workwear, bohemian Rivera style and the rebel pirate have become some of our most enduring looks. --Sunday Telegraph

Filled with stand-out archive imagery as well as inspirational contemporary fashion photography, Nautical Chic is the definitive history of coastal couture and a covetable accessory in its own right. --Sunday Herald (Glasgow)

A new fashion history book that covers everything you need to know about stripy T-shirts and peacoats but were afraid to ask. --Guardian

From Chanel's coastal couture and Jean-Paul Gaultier's beefcake camp to Tommy Hilfiger's preppy classics, this is the first and only book to celebrate nautical fashion and the ways in which is has cut a sartorial swathe for over two centuries. --anothermag.com

When we heard that our friend Amber Butchart was releasing a new book, Nautical Chic, we knew it would float our boat. --Tatty Devine Blog

Explore the enduring appeal of this perennially popular trend in a display that sheds light on the myths, the reality and the romance of the high seas. --All-about-London

This book is a fascinating blend of politics, leisure and marine adventure and, although a scholarly work, it is written in a friendly, accessible tone. --Fashion Bookworm

Bright and breezy ... beautifully illustrated. --Simple Things

This fabulous collection of photos tracks the trend of nautical style through the sea's most enduring characters. --Daily Mail

It's written in an accessible style, but full of historical and cultural glory. --Glamour

Illustrations of historical dress, high-fashion editorials and shots from the catwalk make this feel like a special nautical edition of Vogue. --Sailing Today

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Laura Mitchison

Sip the beautiful salty sentences until they soak through you like an ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 June 2015

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Sip the beautiful salty sentences until they soak through you like an aristocratic anchor tattoo (the high society ink craze is among the fascinating tit bits unearthed by the authors' years of archival sleuthing). This book will satisfy serious historians but Ms. Butchart wears her learning lightly. She fishes with arresting details which hook readers into stories of pirates, merfolk and Riviera style spanning continents and centuries. No expense has been spared with the printing and wealth of illustrations - from Punch lithographs of 'ye bonny fishwives' cutting their eye at Victorian hipsters to dramatic catwalk photographs. This book will delight innumerable style tribes (most of whom have flirted with a fishnet or a breton stripe), but I'd just as soon buy it for a sturdy-anoraked relative. Flick through it on a coffee table or spend hours learning about our changing relationships to manual work, sex and the terrifying allure of the stormy ocean.

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Clare

Fabulous Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 April 2020

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I bought this as a little lockdown treat for myself, as I watched Amber Butcharts series A Stitch in Time on BBC2, which was brilliant.
I love the maritime look, always have and this book did not disappoint. It's beautifully written and the pictures are amazing. It's a must for anyone interested in fashion history.

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Gina

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 May 2015

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Lovely coffee table book!

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Viktor Wynd

amazing, stunningly beautiful and brilliantly written

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 April 2015

Wow, such an amazing book - brilliantly written with the most fantastic photographs, i've never been on a boat in my life but now i'm dying to get all dressed up and sail away. But it is far more than that - a must for anyone interested in fashion history and where influences come from and how they spread - a masterpiece

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Carol T.

Beautiful, hardbound coffee table book

Reviewed in the United States on 19 March 2016

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I cannot believe this beautiful book has no reviews. I purchased this on a whim just from looking at the pictures on the product page. When I received it, it turned out to be even more beautiful than I had hoped.

This is a large coffee table type book filled with the history of nautical fashion and the designers, personalities and events that helped to make this style of dress popular. The book includes lavish photographs and illustrations on everything from knitwear to hats to ready-to-wear items to couture to military influences. There’s a great picture of Adam Ant in one of his famous military looks. Just beautiful. You will also have the pleasure of looking at many runway looks – works of art really – and various movie stars in nautical dress such as Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn (of course), James Dean and even Joan Crawford from the 1920s.

My favorite part of this book is the section with vintage advertising and magazines featuring the Old Salt, sailing/nautical themes including a few for some cruise lines and, of course, lots and lots for various clothing manufacturers. They’re the type of illustrations that you would have seen in Life Magazine in the 1950s and 1960s. These are all frame-worthy works of art that could adorn walls in any modern décor.

This is a such a beautiful book – one to be kept out and viewed often, especially if you have an interest in fashion, the military or ocean sports such as sailing.

Highly recommend. Definitely worth the price.

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Glitterazzi

Beautiful coffee table book

Reviewed in the United States on 22 February 2019

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Great condition. Very pleased.

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L. David

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on 12 January 2017

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This is a beautiful book. Love it! Thank you.

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Samantha Burns

Great for any fashion lover

Reviewed in the United States on 25 July 2016

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neat book about nautical fashion. Great for any fashion lover!

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