Sailor Stripes
In 1858, the marinière top was introduced as part of the uniform in the Navy in northern France. Many sailors came from Brittany, which is how the pattern got its nickname: The Breton Stripe. The striped shirt was, and still is, the sailor’s undershirt. And there was a manly, hardworking, and sexy symbolism in wearing nothing but that undershirt.
From the exhibition ”Oceanista - Fashion and the Sea” at Sjöfartsmuseet (The Maritime Museum) in Gothenburg.
Sailor Stripes
In 1858, the marinière top was introduced as part of the uniform in the Navy in northern France. Many sailors came from Brittany, which is how the pattern got its nickname: The Breton Stripe. The striped shirt was, and still is, the sailor’s undershirt. And there was a manly, hardworking, and sexy symbolism in wearing nothing but that undershirt.
From the exhibition ”Oceanista - Fashion and the Sea” at Sjöfartsmuseet (The Maritime Museum) in Gothenburg.