Fleet Week: a touch of matelot style

Its Fleet Week in New York this week, when the City is awash with sailors in full navy regalia whose ships have docked there for the annual celebration. As I witnessed last year, this can be quite a visual spectacle. The uniforms haven’t changed since the days of Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra’s ‘On the Town‘ and the sight of lots of broad-shouldered men in the whitest of whites set against that most urban of city backdrops is quite something.

So, in an homage to Fleet Week and it’s dapper men, here’s a selection of matelot inspired items.

Sailor Hat: APC

Vintage Bib front sailor trousers: Rokit

Sailor print T-shirt: Paul & Joe from ASOS