Nautical Style Shoes and Accessories

The nautical look is everywhere right now and it's one that's so versatile and the perfect style for day into night. As with all outfits, it's important that you get your shoes and accessories just right, and it's especially a vital part of the sailor girl look.

Here's our style advice on how to work the nautical look with your shoes and accessories by choosing the right colour and pattern.

Picking your pattern

Of course, stripes are the typical pattern of choice for the nautical look, whether horizontal or vertical and you'll find lots of shoes, especially wedges, have striped patterns in abundance in nautical colours. If you're not in to stripes, a spotted print will also work really well and there are so many polka dot shoes and bags around at the moment. Other prints like hearts, birds and stars can also work with the sailor girl trend but have a more contemporary look.

Getting the colours right

The nautical look is all about the colours and they're traditionally in palettes of blue, white and red, which are the perfect shades to pull off this trend. You could wear shoes with all these colours in if you want to create a sailor girl look with your shoes alone, but if you're concentrating on your outfit then a pair of shoes in two or just one of these colours will really complement your clothing.

It's all about accessorising

We all know that it's the little touches that really make the outfit and it's no different with the nautical trend, but this time it's all about gold accessories that are beautifully offset by the colour palette of blue, red and white, and really pop out. A chunky gold bangle or lots of bold bracelets is a must, while a gold necklace and some simple gold earrings add the finishing touch. If you're not overly keen on gold jewellery, pearl necklaces, earrings and bracelets are also ever so cute with this style for a more feminine touch.

If you love the nautical trend but prefer not to work it too much with your clothing then using your shoes and accessories is a great way of getting bang on trend without going over the top.

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