The holidays are the start of the winter vacation season and in this man's opinion the best way to deal with the cold is to go somewhere warm. The illustration, which was originally posted at Gentleman's Gazette, reminds us to pack lighter colors for cruising, for though one may not need much for days on the beach, clothes do make the man on deck. The colors of summer - light blues, tan, white and light gray - are also good shipboard colors.
Now depending on the cruise line, one may be more likely to be wearing light sweaters than jackets these days, particularly under way as there is little need to carry anything other than the plastic card that opens the door to the cabin and is accepted as identification at the bar as well. But daily trips ashore warrant a linen safariana or a patch pocketed odd jacket if not a cotton suit in something like that very nice rusty brown on the man in the left background. Add a light blue coat and white trousers for informal nights in the dining room.
And remember your dinner jacket. After all, if you do not maintain standards, who will?
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I agree that the models illustrated are indeed very well turned out, but they all look as though they could do with a good feeding up. This happens to be the complete reverse of what I perceive as normality (in my somewhat limited experience of folks who go cruising). Perhaps you could make some suggestion as to how the others might best present themselves so as not to offend their fellow passengers?
Which others are you referring to? The well fed? They can wear anything in the illustration.
OK, many thanks. I've just done a little online research. Cruising folks do seem still to dress for dinner, if mostly only a tropical jacket and tie. However, during the day the outfit seems to be normal holiday wear (polo/T shirts and shorts), activity and swim wear, traveling kit for trips ashore and I suppose (for the better-fed, more mature passenger) Hawaiian shirt, boating shoes and shorts. Are you sure that dressing during the day like one of the models in the illustration might not look like trying a tad too hard?
As I wrote, it depends on the cruise line. Clothing on Carnival is going to be much more casual than Cunard.
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