The easiest way to achieve old-school summer style
telegraph.co.ukfourth marriage. And yet when it came to style they were perfectly matched, with Bogart in white linen chinos.If there is one type of holiday guaranteed to provoke envy, it’s a yacht holiday: the sight of the Beckhams sailing through Saint-Tropez or the McCartney-Willises anchoring near Capri is likely to have made you covet a boat trip more fervently than any number of back-to-back episodes of Below Deck.
Maybe it’s the illusion of privacy, but there is something particularly romantic about a yacht. Who of us hasn’t imagined ourselves at the prow, gazing dreamily out to sea dressed in a confection of deck shoes, nautical stripes and crisp white linen?For all the long-lens shots of models, actors, footballers and oligarchs in crochet bikinis and Vilebrequin swim shorts, it’s the low-key, old-school glamour of Bogart and Bacall that inspires the most, some 77 years later.
Anyone lucky enough to be yacht-bound this summer could do a lot worse than to channel their inner Bacall in tailored shorts.
Eschew cut-off denim ones for a smarter linen pair in a pastel hue, further enhancing the retro feel with a high ponytail that’s one-part Lauren, one-part Lioness.Men, meanwhile, can be more Bogart by choosing a pair of high-waisted trousers in a pale, neutral shade such as white, cream or ecru, and wearing them with a navy linen shirt or T-shirt.
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