hit the deck
Some looks never go out of fashion — yacht wear would survive a nuclear holocaust. element points good ol’ boys in the right direction.
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Is your other mode of transport a forty-foot yacht? Do you wish it was? Your spring wardrobe requires some choice items that will make every passerby think that you belong either on the deck of a floating palace in St. Tropez. But, beware the over-attentive shop assistants. If you can deal with them following you around refolding all the clothes you looked at, never mind touched, or else furtively checking your credit record to see if they can justifiably eject you from the shop, and actually want to purchase their clothes unlike us who just went in and mauled their precious products in the name of research, you’ll be their new best friend. In the salubrious surroundings of Paul & Shark in the Nautilus shopping center you will find everything you need to outfit yourself for the sailing season. This season, fashion wears stripes and this is a one-stop-shop for all things stripy. element was coveting the striped blue, white, pink, lime green and yellow cotton sweater for 14,600 rubles. Those who are tired of dark winter clothes can buck the trend in acid-orange and electric-blue striped t-shirts from 7,800 rubles. You can’t neglect your feet of course; they need to be shod in the prerequisite deck shoes. Choose between the leather models for 9,600 rubles or cotton for 2,600 rubles. Protect your noggin from the sun with a logo baseball cap at 3,100 rubles, and don’t forget the tie for the yacht club dinner with a suitably nautical theme at 3,500. Hit Okhotny Ryad shopping center for more international leaders in prepdom. In Calvin Klein, they have been recycling old bandanas to make their clothes — you can get a natty matching shirt and jeans for 4,599 and 6,841 rubles, respectively. Tommy Hilfiger took the sporty look and ran with it this season, as with every season. As you choose between the cricket sweater for 5,490 rubles or the stripy — there they are again! — navy and cream blazer for 10,950, reminisce about the tough times you had at Eton with Prince Charles. Lacoste is loving the bright colors – their shelves are a grotesque rainbow of Day-Glo. We don’t advise you to wear the yellow “stratus” sneakers (3,146 rubles), fuschia zipped polo-shirt (3,726 rubles) and orange stripy ‘80s inspired sweater (5,382 rubles) all at the same time unless you want to look like an extra from “Saved By The Bell,” but they’ll add a proper zing to your wardrobe worn on their own. For the discerning gentleman wondering what to wear while sunning himself on the yacht deck, we have found the answer. Look no further than the X.O. men’s underwear boutique in Okhotny Ryad where you will find an acid-orange thong for 5,000 rubles. This may be in contradiction to principles of social refinery taught in prepratory school, but Moscow doesn’t believe in tears or subtley. If you got it — “it” being gobs of money or a flourescent white posterior — might as well flaunt it! |
